''Convicts'' is a 1991 film directed by

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. It is based on the

Horton Foote Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for his screenplays for the 1962 film ''To Kill a Mockingbird'', which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name ...

play

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Summary

A boy works with convicts on the sugarcane plantation of a senile Civil War veteran in 1902 Texas.

Cast

as Soll Gautier *

as Horace Robedaux *

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as Ben Johnson * Starletta DuPois as Martha Johnson * Carlin Glynn as Asa

References

External links

* * 1991 films Films directed by Peter Masterson Films set in 1902 Films set in Texas Films with screenplays by Horton Foote 1991 drama films 1990s English-language films {{1990s-drama-film-stub