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I The Mean Machine

BBC One
on BBC One London

Starring
Burt Reynolds
Ex-professional football star Paul Crewe finds himself given a one-year jail sentence for driving his girlfriend's car into the river.
The warden wants Crewe to coach the guards team but the sadistic Captain Knauer does not and persuades him to refuse. This enrages the warden who inflicts grim punishment on Crewe.
Determined to get revenge on both men Crewe forms his own mean and powerful team.
Director Robert Aldrich
• FILMS: pages 20-25
• CEEFAX SUBTITLES

Contributors

Unknown:
Burt Reynolds
Unknown:
Paul Crewe
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Paul Crewe:
Burt Reynolds
Warden Hazen:
Eddie Albert
Captain Knauer:
Ed Lauter
Nate Scarboro:
Michael Conrad
Caretaker:
Jim Hampton
Granville:
Harry Caesar
Pop:
John Steadman
Unger:
Charles Tyner
Rassmeusen:
Mike Henry
Warden's secretary:
Bernadette Peters
Source: Radio Times

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