Overview

Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's past is much more violent than he thought, but also that he's capable of being a much better person than the rest of the prison staff believes - or so Lesser thinks.

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Cast

James Woods

Carl Panzram

Robert Sean Leonard

Henry Lesser

Cara Buono

Esther Lesser

Ellen Greene

Elizabeth Wyatt

Robert John Burke

R.G. Greiser

Lili Taylor

Woman in Speakeasy

Richard Riehle

Warden Quince

Harold Gould

Old Henry Lesser

John Bedford Lloyd

Dr. Karl Menninger

Jeffrey DeMunn

Sam Lesser

Steve Forrest

Warden Charles Casey

Richard Council

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