Movies and TvShows featuring "prison-doctor" theme.
In a maximum security prison filled with supervillain inmates and corrupt staff, tensions rise, leading to anarchy and destruction.
In 'You Only Live Once,' a man, falsely accused of a crime, is sentenced to die in the electric chair. On the day of his execution, he escapes and goes on the run with the help of his wife. As they try to flee from the law, they face prejudice, injustice, and tragedy. The couple fights to prove their innocence and find a way to start a new life together.
In Brute Force, a group of prison inmates plan an escape to expose the injustices and abuse they endure at the hands of sadistic prison guards. As tensions rise and violence erupts, the prisoners must navigate their way through a web of deception, betrayal, and danger.
In Beyond Re-Animator, a mad scientist conducts experiments with re-animation in a prison setting, leading to a series of chaotic and gruesome events. As the experiments go awry, the prisoners and staff must navigate through a bloodbath of horror. The film combines elements of comedy, horror, and sci-fi to create a thrilling and gory experience.
Law of Tehran follows the journey of an addicted police officer as he navigates the dangerous underworld of drug smuggling in Tehran. Caught between his loyalty to the force and his personal demons, he must confront social alienation and emotional turmoil. This gripping film explores themes of corruption, betrayal, and the fight for justice in a complex religious society.
Convicts 4 is a 1962 biographical drama film based on the autobiography written by John Resko, a New York City artist who was imprisoned for armed robbery. The film follows Resko's experiences in Sing Sing prison, including his interactions with fellow inmates, prison guards, and his struggle to maintain his sanity.
In Decoy (1946), a doctor becomes entangled in a dangerous web of crime and deception when he is seduced by a manipulative femme fatale. As he gets deeper into the criminal underworld, he must navigate double-crosses, buried loot, and a deathbed confession. With his life on the line, he must find a way to outsmart those who seek to use him for their own gains.
In Before I Hang (1940), Dr. John Garth is sentenced to death for a mercy killing but has his sentence commuted to life in prison. While in prison, he conducts experiments with an experimental serum that can restore youth. When he accidentally overdoses himself, he develops a split personality and becomes a killer. As the bodies pile up, the district attorney and a detective work to uncover the truth behind the murders.
When a courageous young woman and a radical lawyer discover a pattern of illegal involuntary sterilizations in California’s women’s prison system, they take to the courtroom to wage a near-impossible battle against the Department of Corrections. With a growing team of investigators inside prison working with colleagues on the outside, they uncover a series of statewide crimes - from dangerously inadequate health care to sexual assault to coercive sterilizations - primarily targeting women of color. But no one believes them. This shocking legal drama captured over seven years features extraordinary access and intimate accounts from currently and formerly incarcerated women, demanding our attention to a shameful and ongoing legacy of eugenics and reproductive injustice in the United States.
When a man is convicted of a crime he didn't commit, he is sent to prison where he faces sadistic guards, dangerous inmates, and corrupt officials. With the help of a prison doctor and a few trusted allies, he must find a way to survive and uncover the truth to clear his name.
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
Dr. MacAuley, a kindly, beloved country doctor, is sent to Fillmore Prison. His crime was for removing a bullet from a young man who was escaping from the police.
After being convicted of stealing some jewels, Annette Eldrige is sent to a reformatory administered by a sadistic and corrupt female warder. However, one of the board of trustees takes an interest in the new arrival and begins to investigate the management of the institution.
Ombline, a 20-year-old woman, is sent to prison for three years after committing a violent assault on a police officer. Just when she has lost all hope for the future, she discovers that she is pregnant. The law allows her to rear her newborn for the first 18 months of its life, after which time the child must be given up and placed into state care. Ombline has no intention of surrendering her beloved little boy and is prepared to do anything to convince the authorities that she is capable of rearing the child after she has left prison. As her maternal instincts assert themselves, the young woman finds she has a cause worth fighting for, and an opportunity to rebuild her shattered life…
In 1930s Germany, a concentration camp prisoner's mother is arrested by the political police. The prisoner escapes and embarks on a dangerous rescue mission to save his mother, facing deception, fear, and betrayal along the way.
The holdup of the bank is a success. All happened according to plan. Now, Cyril Gad and his four accomplices must secure an alibi. What better place than a prison cell? As a result the five gangsters have themselves arrested on minor charges and start waiting until they are released. Unfortunately three of them die mysteriously, another one is openly murdered. The only man still alive, Tony, is scared. Easy to understand why...
San Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.
A down on his luck young man stumbles into a gang of robbers who all get landed in prison. Will he be reformed, or is he ensnared into a life of crime?
A young woman receives an invitation from the Governor of an island prison to spend a week with him. She does so, but conceals the fact that her husband is being held as a convict on the island.
A state prison is threatened by approaching floods, an epidemic of typhoid fever breaks out among the inmates, the prison's only doctor falls sick, there are only three nurses to administer vaccines and take care of stricken patients--and a group of prisoners is planning to use the chaos as a cover for a mass escape.