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The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Theatrical
Jun 20, 1980
Box Office
$37.1M
Budget
$9.0M
Return
4.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
May 20, 2003
Theaters
1
Director
Stuart Rosenberg
Writers
W.D. Richter, Arthur A. Ross
Producers
Ron Silverman, Ted Mann, Gordon A. Webb
Music
Lalo Schifrin
Studio
20th Century Fox
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Quotes
See all →One Man vs. An Unjust System
Taglines
One man against a cruel system.
Warden: Most Wanted Man in Prison
Taglines
The most wanted man in Wakefield prison is the warden!
Discussion on Food and Nutrition Choices
Brubaker
You're not eating?
Coombes
I don't eat that shit you eat.
Brubaker
Do you know anything about nutrition?
Coombes
I know about hungry.
Proposal for a Safer Roof Design
Brubaker
Why don't we build them a roof that won't cave in on their heads?
Rauch
That's enough.
Brubaker
An insured roof, this time.
Glenn Elwood
What do you mean?
Brubaker
The collapsed roof isn't covered at all - that's what I mean. But we DO have coverage for thrashing machines, balers, swathers, a tractor...
Rauch
Sounds pretty sensible to me to have the things insured. I approved those policies personally.
Brubaker
You did more than that: your company sold us the policies. The only trouble with it is: we don't have any of that equipment on our farm. It doesn't exist.
Rauch
What you HAVE got Mr. Brubaker is a piss-poor attitude.
Cast
Full credits →R
Robert Redford
Brubaker
Y
Yaphet Kotto
Dickie Coombes
J
Jane Alexander
Lillian
M
Murray Hamilton
Deach
D
David Keith
Larry Lee Bullen
M
Morgan Freeman
Walter
M
Matt Clark
Purcell
T
Tim McIntire
Huey Rauch
R
Richard Ward
Abraham
J
Jon Van Ness
Zaranska
M
M. Emmet Walsh
C.P. Woodward
A
Albert Salmi
Rory Poke
L
Linda Haynes
Carol
E
Everett McGill
Caldwell
V
Val Avery
Wendel
R
Ron Frazier
Willets
D
David Harris
Duane Spivey
J
Joe Spinell
Birdwell
J
James Keane
Pinky
K
Konrad Sheehan
Glenn Elwood
