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The Jericho Mile is a 1979 Emmy Award-winning American made for TV crime sports film, directed by Michael Mann. The film won five awards, including three Emmy Awards. The story is set at Folsom Prison, and the film was shot on location there amongst the prison population.
- Crime Drama Sport
Jan 2, 2017 · 1979, Michael Mann, ABC, Music : Jimmie Haskell, digital remastered, grop 16:9, HD 1080
- 96 min
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Mar 18, 1979 · A TV movie about a prisoner who can run a mile in less than four minutes and is offered a chance to compete in the Olympics. Directed by Michael Mann, starring Peter Strauss, Richard Lawson and Brian Dennehy, filmed at Folsom State Prison.
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- Crime, Drama, Sport
- Michael Mann
- 1979-03-18
Jun 14, 2017 · The Jericho Mile is a 1979 Emmy Award-winning United States TV crime film, directed by Michael Mann. The film won five awards, including three Emmy Awards. The story is set at Folsom Prison, where the movie was filmed on location in the prison itself amongst the prison population.
Dec 11, 2019 · In THE JERICHO MILE, initially written by Patrick J. Nolan, Mann saw the opportunity to inject the clean-cut morality of the MOW format with a dose of the gritty, real-life drama he experienced behind the walls of Folsom.
Mar 18, 2024 · Michael Mann made his feature debut with a prison-bound TV movie, with his pet topics already on the mind. We look back at The Jericho Mile.
Peter Strauss stars as a runner who trains for the Olympics while serving a life sentence at Folsom Prison. The Jericho Mile is a 1979 film directed by Michael Mann and based on a true story.
