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How Long Is “Short Eyes”?

Name: Short Eyes
Genre: Crime, adaptation, drama
Released: 1977
Duration: 104 min
Cast: Bruce Davison, Jose Perez, Nathan George, Don Blakely, Shawn Elliott

1h 44m runtime

19771h 44mCrime • adaptation • drama

Crime film with a runtime of 104 minutes, released in 1977. Presented in English.

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Runtime1h 44m

Minutes104

One SittingYes

With Break1h 56m

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"Short eyes" is prison slang for a man who sodomizes little boys. Fitting this odious description is new inmate Bruce Davison, who is arrested and locked up with the scum of the earth. Despite their own depravities, Davison's fellow prisoners consider him the lowest form of human life, and proceed to treat him accordingly, in a series of appalling episodes that must have been as hard to film as they are to watch. Most of the supporting cast is comprised of real-life hoodlums, junkies and killers; small wonder that Davison retains his deer-in-the-headlights facial expression throughout the film. Short Eyes was based on a play by Miguel Pinero.

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Runtime1h 44m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break1h 56m

Movie Facts

Release Year1977

Runtime1h 44m

LanguageEnglish

GenresCrime, adaptation, drama

DirectorRobert M. Young

ProducerLewis Harris, Walker Stuart

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