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Scared Straight!

1978 film by Arnold Shapiro
Movie film Q1461516
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Summary

Scared Straight! is a film[1]. Scared Straight! ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,232 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film[3]
  • Director: Arnold Shapiro[4]
  • Screenwriter: Arnold Shapiro[5]
  • Genre: documentary film[6]
  • Producer: Arnold Shapiro[7]
  • Director of photography: William Moffitt[8]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[9]
  • Color: color[10]
  • Country of origin: United States[11]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1978[12]
  • Narrative location: East Jersey State Prison[13]
  • Title: Scared Straight![14]
  • Duration: 52 minutes[15]
  • Narrator: Peter Falk[16]

Why It Matters

Scared Straight! has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Scared Straight! is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

FAQs

What awards did Scared Straight! receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film[3].

Related Entities

film Peter Falk United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Screenwriter → Arnold Shapiro
    Color → color
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