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Prison Break (2005–2009)

TV Series  -  TV_14 43 min  -  Action | Crime | Drama
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Due to a political conspiracy an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out from the inside out.

Creator:

Paul Scheuring
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Season:

4 | 3 | 2 | 1

Year:

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 4 wins & 22 nominations See more awards »

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Cast

Series cast summary:
Dominic Purcell ...
Lincoln Burrows (81 episodes, 2005-2009)
Wentworth Miller ...
Michael Scofield (81 episodes, 2005-2009)
Amaury Nolasco ...
Fernando Sucre (81 episodes, 2005-2009)
Robert Knepper ...
Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell (80 episodes, 2005-2009)
Sarah Wayne Callies ...
Dr. Sara Tancredi (69 episodes, 2005-2009)
Wade Williams ...
Brad Bellick (67 episodes, 2005-2008)
William Fichtner ...
Alex Mahone (59 episodes, 2006-2009)
Paul Adelstein ...
Paul Kellerman (46 episodes, 2005-2009)
Marshall Allman ...
LJ Burrows (44 episodes, 2005-2008)
Rockmond Dunbar ...
Benjamin Miles 'C-Note' Franklin (40 episodes, 2005-2009)
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe ...
Gretchen Morgan (37 episodes, 2007-2009)
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Storyline

An engineer (Wentworth Miller) installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to help his brother (Dominic Purcell), a death-row inmate who insists he did not commit the crime for which he has been sentenced to die and help him escape. Written by Anonymous  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Death Row | Conspiracy | Murder | Self Sacrifice  | See more »

Taglines:

Break In. Break Out. Save Your Brother's Life (Season 1). See more »

Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Also Known As:

Prison Break: On the Run See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

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Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color
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Trivia

Several characters are named after presidents and politicians. Lincoln Burrows and Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell are named after Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Michael Scofield, Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin and Alexander Mahone are named after politicians Edward Scofield, Benjamin Franklin William Mahone. Also Paul Kellerman is named after Roy Kellerman, the Secret Service agent who was riding in President John F. Kennedy's limousine at the time of his assassination. See more »

Goofs

Errors in geography: In one of the earlier episodes of Season 1, there is a scene of an overhead view of traffic along a busy road supposedly in Illinois, but the cars are traveling up on the left side of the road which means that this scene was not shot in the United States. See more »

Quotes

Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell: [about the rising temperature in the cells] Not that hot?
[he points to an African American cellmate]
Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell: When this guy woke up, he was white!
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Connections

Referenced in "Arrested Development: Prison Break-In (#3.7)" (2005) See more »