America's Greatest Prison Breaks

Dec 27, 2015

1h 46m

★ 6.0

How did they do it?

Overview

A look at the prison breakout of Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional facility, as well as a look back at some of the most daring and ingenious prison breaks in American history.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Peacock Productions

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Cast

Herself

Jolene Babyak

Himself

Jolene Babyak

Daren Donofrio

David Sweat

Daren Donofrio

Richard Lee McNair

Jason Faust

Himself

John Martini

Richard Matt

Charlie Sara

Narrator

Jon Seltzer

Himself

Clint Van Zandt

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Cast

Herself

Jolene Babyak

Himself

Jolene Babyak

Daren Donofrio

David Sweat

Daren Donofrio

Richard Lee McNair

Jason Faust

Himself

John Martini

Richard Matt

Charlie Sara

Narrator

Jon Seltzer

Himself

America's Greatest Prison Breaks

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

America's Greatest Prison Breaks Trailers

Cast

Jolene Babyak

Jolene Babyak

Daren Donofrio

Daren Donofrio

Jason Faust

John Martini

Charlie Sara

Jon Seltzer

Clint Van Zandt

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America's Greatest Prison Breaks Trailers

Cast

Jolene Babyak

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Daren Donofrio

Daren Donofrio

Jason Faust

John Martini

Charlie Sara

Jon Seltzer

Clint Van Zandt