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Mean Dog Blues (1978)
Director: Mel Stuart
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From Time Out Film Guide
Just an everyday story of an everyday prison farm containing the usual ingredients: sadistic guards, underfed Dobermann, and the obligatory framed innocent (Henry) whose survival rests with his choice to either 'Kiss ass, hard ass, or haul ass.' Guess what - he legs it.Author: FF
Cast & crew
Director: Mel Stuart
Producer: Charles A Pratt, George Lefferts
Cast: Gregg Henry, Kay Lenz, George Kennedy, Scatman Crothers, Tina Louise, Felton Perry, James Wainwright, William Windom, George Kennedy full cast
Duration: 109 mins
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