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In terms of prison stories, there s
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), starring Paul Muni, and
Cool Hand Luke (1967), with Paul Newman (now streaming on Netflix), and the ever-referenced
The
Shawshank Redemption (1994), based on a Stephen King short story, with Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman sharing the screen. And, of course, the seven seasons of
Orange is the New Black on Netflix. While
Fugitive and
Orange are based more or less on true stories, the other two are fiction, though no less powerful in their parables about unconquered human spirit. And speaking of prison stories and Netflix, the fifth season of