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Convicts (1991) -- Soll thinks he hears someone in the closet and begins to shoot at it.
Convicts (1991) -- Horace is forced to keep Soll company but is afraid of what he might do.
Convicts (1991) -- Soll tries his new coffin for size.
Convicts (1991) -- Horace keeps his promise unlike soll.
Convicts (1991) -- Soll tells Horace that he's dying and not to leave his side until he is buried.
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Director:
Peter Masterson
Writers (WGA):
Horton Foote (play)
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Genre:
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Plot:
In 1902 Texas, 13-year-old Horace goes to work on old Soll's farm to earn enough money to buy a headstone for his father's grave... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Robert Duvall ... Soll

Lukas Haas ... Horace

James Earl Jones ... Ben

Starletta DuPois ... Martha
Carlin Glynn ... Asa
Calvin Levels ... Leroy
Gary Swanson ... Billy
Mel Winkler ... Jackson

Lance E. Nichols ... Sherman Edwards
Bob Edmundson ... Overseer (as Robert Edmundson)
John McConnell ... Guard #1
Jerry Biggs ... Guard #2
Martin F. Schacker ... Guard #3
Walter Breaux Jr. ... Singing Convict
Tony Frank ... Sheriff
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Also Known As:
Horton Foote's Convicts (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
93 min | Brazil:103 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG (TV rating) | Singapore:PG | USA:Approved (PCA #30552) | Australia:M
Filming Locations:
Home Place Plantation - State Highway 18, Hahnville, Louisiana, USA

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Our finest actor, 26 December 2000
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Along with Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino, Robert Duvall brings to the screen the best film acting of our generation. Unlike the other two, he can shape a "typical" role into something original and unique. Through emotional shadings and nuance, Duvall has created a remarkable gallery of Southern characters, each individualized despite having many surface traits in common. Surely DeNiro and Pacino are highly skilled actors, but the best performances of each resemble one another to a fault. Duvall has made his share of potboilers and worse, yet his most substantial roles have generated performances of singular quality.

One of them is in "Convicts." The others? Don't miss "The Apostle," "Rambling Rose," "Tender Mercies," "Stars Fell on Henrietta," and "Tomorrow."

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