Marie: A True Story

Marie: A True Story

Criminals went free. Officials were bribed. Witnesses were threatened. The FBI couldn't stop it. One woman did.

PG-13 1985 · 112 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama

In 1978 Tennessee, a single mother and political appointee risks her career and her life to blow the whistle on rampant corruption in the penal system.

Directed by Roger Donaldson · Written by John Briley

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