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Doing Life

1986
1h 40m
Biography/Drama
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Cast

Tony Danza (Jerry Rosenberg)Jon DeVries (Warden Felber)Alvin Epstein (Lou Rosenberg)Mitchell JasonLisa Langlois (Rose-Ann Rosenberg)Rocco Sisto (Anthony Portelli)Dawn GreenhalghDan Lauria (Lieutenant Lubway)Ken Pogue (Probes)Allan RoyalJohn Randolph Jones (Stabler)Reginald VelJohnson (Taylor)Mara Hobel (Rachel, age 15)Frank Pesce (Red Hot)Angelo Rizacos (Kemper)Gary Farmer (First Prisoner)Michael J. Reynolds (Parole Bd. Member)Charles Woods Gray (Parole Bd. Member)

Director

Gene Reynolds

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Synopsis

Tony Danza stars in this riveting drama based on the true story of Jerry Rosenberg - the world's first convict turned attorney. When two cops are dead, and he's the chief suspect, Jerry finds himself in a maximum security prison awaiting the death penalty. One night, as a fellow inmate is executed, Jerry resolves to save himself by studying law.

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