Variety

Variety

1925104 min6.7 / 10

A silent-era crime drama in which a murderer breaks a decade of silence to confess his story to a warden, exploring guilt, passion, and the circumstances that led to his downfall.

Murderer “Boss” Huller—after having spent ten years in prison—breaks his silence to tell the warden his story.

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