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Reform School

8.019391h 22mMovieActionCrimeDrama

A female warden takes over at a state reform school and attempts to bring about needed changes. Restored in 2020 by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts from a 16mm print donated by Giancarlo Esposito and Laurence Fishburne.

DirectorLeo C. Popkin
WritersJoseph O'Donnell·Hazel Jamieson

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Cast · Directed by Leo C. Popkin

LBLouise Beavers
Louise Beavers
Mother Barton
RF
Reginald Fenderson
Freddie Gordon
MH
Monte Hawley
Jackson
EJEugene Jackson
Eugene Jackson
Pete
FJ
Freddie Jackson
Eddie

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Reform School hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around June 15, 1939. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.