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Macon County Jail

  • 1997
  • R
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
4.4/10
310
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Macon County Jail (1997)
CrimeThriller

Jailed on trumped-up charges in the Deep South, a woman receives unexpected aid from a fellow inmate.Jailed on trumped-up charges in the Deep South, a woman receives unexpected aid from a fellow inmate.Jailed on trumped-up charges in the Deep South, a woman receives unexpected aid from a fellow inmate.

  • Director
    • Victoria Muspratt
  • Writers
    • Victoria Muspratt
    • Donald E. Stewart
  • Stars
    • Ally Sheedy
    • David Carradine
    • Charles Napier
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.4/10
    310
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Victoria Muspratt
    • Writers
      • Victoria Muspratt
      • Donald E. Stewart
    • Stars
      • Ally Sheedy
      • David Carradine
      • Charles Napier
    • 14User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Ally Sheedy
    Ally Sheedy
    • Susan Reed
    David Carradine
    David Carradine
    • Coley
    Charles Napier
    Charles Napier
    • Sheriff Dempsey
    Todd Kimsey
    • Hobie
    Mark Pellegrino
    Mark Pellegrino
    • Dan Oldum
    Don McMillan
    • Clerk
    Jackie Debatin
    Jackie Debatin
    • Cassie Ann
    John C. McDonnell
    John C. McDonnell
    • Aubrey
    Marina Anderson
    Marina Anderson
    • Pearl
    Mark Arnott
    Mark Arnott
    • Richard Reed
    Michael P. Byrne
    • Deputy Burt
    David Lowell Gardner
    • Deputy Blake
    Courtney Delancey
    • Joellen Peters
    John Henry Whitaker
    John Henry Whitaker
    • Shaw
    Jennie Vaughn
    • Bess
    Tom Allard
    • Farmer
    Manny Fernandez
    • Drake Goodrich
    Jamie McShane
    Jamie McShane
    • Deputy 1
    • (as Jamie Nelson Simon)
    • Director
      • Victoria Muspratt
    • Writers
      • Victoria Muspratt
      • Donald E. Stewart
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    User reviews14

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    4dwacon-2

    Good Trashy Fun

    I was expecting something like Andy Griffith's "Coweta County" and this film came pretty close... mindless trashy fun that requires suspension of disbelief to get a hold of.

    This film starts out like Neil Simon. Not quite up to his stellar quality, mind you. But it is like the "Out of Towners" where things go downhill.

    The rape was gratuitous and makes one wonder if all Southern cops are corrupt? I was thinking of the line from "My Cousin Vinny" about them all being corrupt and sleeping with their sisters.

    Carradine graduated from this to "Kill Bill" but what happened to Ally Sheedy?
    5Miles-10

    If you must see a bad movie...

    If you must see a bad movie, this is a good one. Ally Sheedy and David Carradine were at low points in their careers when they made this movie, so they were available but are too good for the cheesy, sensational plot. The villainous sheriff is good, too, but mainly Sheedy and Carradine have to deal with his hapless minions who are no fun--they fall over too easily.
    kikirieckmann

    A great piece of work

    I loved the movie. David Carradine can play so well a guy who is right at heart. And Ally Sheedy was great, too.Not to forget the rest of the crew... And the story is beautiful. One dreams of such an adventure!
    4fmarkland32

    Before Kill Bill there was...this movie.

    David Carradine stars as a prisoner who protects a vulnerable Ally Sheedy from a corrupt prison warden (played by, of course, Charles Napier) who is out to exact vengeance on Sheedy for the murder of a prison guard trying to rape Sheedy, once again it is up to Carradine to protect her and provide us lucky audiences with a romance subplot between the ancient Carradine and the fairly old Ally Sheedy. Back in the 80's, Sheedy was a brat-packer that like Molly Ringwald, went absolutely nowhere after the decade closed. Following her other co-star Judd Nelson's route, she started making B.movie fodder such as this and this is probably her and David Carradine's most high profile movies in quite some time. By that of course, I mean that it was the only new David Carradine movie you could rent at your local video store because the last one I saw was the dreadful Kill Zone and that was of course sad, since David Carradine is a fairly good actor. Oh and unlike most movies with David Carradine it actually was on Cinemax everyday when it came out, So I was able to tape it and watch it. The movie breaks no real ground as it basically is the elderly version of Bonnie and Clyde. However I do like the fact that Carradine at 60 is still doing these type of movies because few actors are as effortlessly likable as David Carradine. The movie itself rarely deviates from formula but for Carradine fans, this was the best movie he starred in, in the 1990's. True story, sad as it is.

    * * out of 4-(Fair)
    3thantos

    A movie with Ally Sheedy and David Carradine should be better ...

    Well, I've thought about trepanation, but never so hard as I did after this movie. While its not the worst movie I've ever seen, watching Ally Sheedy as she's aged not-so-gracefully caused my boyhood fantasies to dry up and burn off, and seeing Carradine here, even as compared to, say, _Death Race 2000_ made my head hurt.

    Give it a pass, if there's anything there's a /chance/ you'll like better on.

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    • Trivia
      Macon County Jail is a remake of 1976's Jackson County Jail. Roger Corman produced both.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Around the Bend
      Written, Produced and Performed by Amilia K. Spicer (as Amilia K Spicer)

      © 1997 Roger's Little Shop of Music (BMI)

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    • Release date
      • March 13, 1998 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • L'évasion
    • Production companies
      • Concorde-New Horizons
      • Libra Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 32m(92 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo

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