Shoplifting, lying, running from the law make up the background for this "big city" dramatic film. Hector, just released from jail himself, takes the rap for his younger brother, and in so doing makes clear how the Lord Jesus Christ took our punishment for sin.
Shoplifting, lying, running from the law make up the background for this "big city" dramatic film. Hector, just released from jail himself, takes the rap for his younger brother, and in so doing makes clear how the Lord Jesus Christ took our punishment for sin.
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
Percy, upon being released from prison, goes to the small town of Gillead, to find a place where she can start over again. She is taken in by Hannah, to help out at her place, the Spitfire Grill. Percy brings change to the small town, stirring resentment and fear in some, and growth in others.
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which would forever shake England's belief in capital punishment.
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.
After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.