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starring

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and

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, produced by Overseas Entertainment for

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handling theatrical and TV distribution and Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment for DVD distribution. It is written by

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and Seamus Ruane and directed by

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. The film is about an escaped prison convict (Lowe) and the head/founder (Coburn) of a support group called "Justice For The Victim's Families" who has his own tragic past and a dark secret.

Plot

When William Conroy (

) a former

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is sentenced to life in prison for vehicular manslaughter it seems his life is over. But, when a fellow inmate tells him that in the past two years fourteen inmates have died at the prison, and then turns up dead the next day, Conroy is in more danger than he ever imagined. His suspicions are confirmed when, while on the way to his parole hearing, the van carrying the inmates crashes. Seizing the opportunity, Conroy flees the scene and elicits the help of his lawyer (

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). What the two discover is a grisly murder ring set up within the prison walls that incriminates those at the highest levels of the correctional system.

Cast

as William Conroy *

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as Price *

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as Anne Conroy * T. C. Carson as Yaskin *

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as Clive Plummer *

as Eric Hawthorne (Credited as Mark Boone, Jr.) *David Flynn as Lawrence *

as Jim Corcoran

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