
A group of inmates escape from Dartmoor prison. They hide out in the English country side but are doggedly chased by police.
Directed by Lance Comfort, The Break leans on a strong ensemble — Tony Britton, William Lucas, Eddie Byrne — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about crime titles of 1963.
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Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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