
In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over the prison to demand better living conditions.

Kyle MacLachlan
Michael Smith

Samuel L. Jackson
Jamaal

Clarence Williams III
Chaka

Frederic Forrest
Weisbad

Harry Dean Stanton
Hal

Anne Heche
Sharon Smith

Danny Trejo
Luis

Philip Bosco
Oswald

Tom Bower
Ed

Carmen Argenziano
Mancusi

Peter Murnik
Jess

Steve Harris
Cecil

David Ackroyd
William Kuntsler

Denis Forest
Denny
Mark Cabus
Ken

Bruce Evers
Yates
Richard Cowl
Barber

Bud Davis
Bud

Jeffrey Buckner Ford
Willis
Joey Anderson
Mrs. Willis
John Frankenheimer
Ron Hutchinson
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