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Silent Scream

Crime & Punishment • Biography, Crime, Thriller, UR

1963: When Larry Winters violently murders a Soho barman in cold blood he is sentenced to life imprisonment. Within ten years he is addicted to prescription drugs and feared as Scotland's most violent inmate. After being transferred to the experimental Barlinnie Special Unit, Winters finds new and creative ways to express himself, but continues to self-destructively explore drugs as a means to escape the confines of his prison cell.

Tags
Barlinnie Prison, Prisoners
Cast
Iain Glen Larry Winters, Special Unit inmate
Paul Samson Jimmy, Special Unit inmate
Andrew Barr Shuggie, Special Unit inmate
Kenneth Glenaan Rab, Special Unit inmate
Robert Carlyle Big Woodsy, prison officer
Crew
David Hayman director

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