In the sweltering heat of a Texas summer in 1974, Jim Estelle, head of the Texas Department of Corrections, plays a deadly game against the ruthless Federico Carrasco, a convicted heroin dealer who has taken over the Huntsville Penitentiary and holding dozens hostage after his pre-planned escape has gone awry. Lines between captor and captive, justice and survival, begin to blur as the siege spirals for eleven endless, terrifying days.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Lucky Number 8 Productions
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- 1970s
- texas
- prison guard
- priest
- hostage situation
- state penitentiary
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Top Cast
Taylor Kitsch as Jim Estelle
Diego Luna as Federico Carrasco
Jason Isaacs as Father Joseph O’Brien
Rhea Seehorn as
Lola Kirke as
Top Crew
Peter Landesman · Director, Screenplay
Kevin J. Sheridan · Screenplay
William T. Harper · Novel
Enrique Chediak · Cinematographer
Douglas Crise · Editor
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