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Release Date: 1977

Cast: Nathan George, Keith Davis, Shawn Elliott, Bob O'Connell, Bruce Davison, Miguel Piñero, Mark Margolis, Tony DiBenedetto, Luis Guzmán, Don Blakely, Bob Maroff, José Pérez ...MORE

Cast: Nathan George, Keith Davis, Shawn Elliott, Bob O'Connell, Bruce Davison, Miguel Piñero, Mark Margolis, Tony DiBenedetto, Luis Guzmán, Don Blakely, Bob Maroff, José Pérez, Tito Goya, Curtis Mayfield, Joseph Carberry ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Prison, Drama Film

Short Eyes is a 1977 American film adaptation of the Miguel Piñero play of the same title, directed by Robert M. Young. Short Eyes is set in an unnamed House of Detention in New York City, the prisoners of which are predominately black or Puerto Rican. One day, a new prisoner is brought in: Clark Davis, a young, middle-class white man accused of raping a young girl. His fellow prisoners immediately turn on him — pedophiles are considered the lowest form of prison life — except for Juan, one of the institution's older prisoners, who treats him with dignity. While Davis insists he... MORE

Short Eyes is a 1977 American film adaptation of the Miguel Piñero play of the same title, directed by Robert M. Young. Short Eyes is set in an unnamed House of Detention in New York City, the prisoners of which are predominately black or Puerto Rican. One day, a new prisoner is brought in: Clark Davis, a young, middle-class white man accused of raping a young girl. His fellow prisoners immediately turn on him — pedophiles are considered the lowest form of prison life — except for Juan, one of the institution's older prisoners, who treats him with dignity. While Davis insists he doesn't remember raping the girl, he admits that he has molested several other children. Nevertheless, the case against him is weak and, unless Juan tells prison authorities about Davis' confessions to him, it is only a matter of time before he is set free. As Juan struggles with what to do, the other prisoners plan to rid themselves of Davis permanently. Curtis Mayfield wrote the film's score, and appears in the film as a prisoner performing the song "Doo Doo Wop Is Strong In Here". The soundtrack was released on Mayfield's Curtom Records. LESS