Sentences with phrase «by escaped convict»

In October 1861, Chapman and Hall published the novel in three volumes.It is set among marshes in Kent, and in London, in the early to mid-1800s, and contains some of Dickens» most memorable scenes, including the opening, in a graveyard, where the young Pip is accosted by the escaped convict, Abel Magwitch.

Trees creak and the wind roars as the young orphan Pip wanders through a wintry graveyard and is confronted by the escaped convict, Magwitch.

Nick Nolte, as hard - bitten detective Jack Cates, sees two of his colleagues shot down in cold blood by escaped convict Ganz (James Remar), before setting about catching this gruff - voiced baddie on his own.

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It isn't within everyone's means to obtain aircraft for a prison escape, but it's easier to get out of prison by air than underground: Over the past 40 years in particular, there has been trend of convicts and their partners on the outside busting out from high security facilities in hijacked helicopters.

Perle narrowly escaped conviction for trading intelligence secrets with Israel in the late 1970s, and Abrams was convicted (and pardoned by Reagan) in the Iran - Israel - contra weapons and financial scandal.

As well as prisoners remanded or convicted by local courts, it also houses Category A prisoners, those whose escape would pose the biggest risk to the public.

A state Parole Board member appointed by Cuomo is married to a convicted killer whose three - decade prison stint included a daring escape and biting off part of an inmate's nose.

Ben Stiller will direct a Showtime miniseries titled «Escape at Dannemora,» based on the real - life prison escape by convicted killers Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional FacEscape at Dannemora,» based on the real - life prison escape by convicted killers Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional Facescape by convicted killers Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional Facility.

The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision says it's part of the ongoing review of the June 6 escape by convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat.

It will be based on the real - life prison escape by convicted killers Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y.

The escape sparked a massive manhunt for convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat, who were aided by Joyce Mitchell, a married female prison employee with whom they both became sexually entangled.

The statement added, «The EFCC boss expressed concern over the delay usually experienced in dispensing corruption cases and the conspiracy (in some cases) between the criminals and judicial workers / law enforcement agents to make violators of law escape justice, citing the case of a former governor of Adamawa State, Bala Ngilari, who was set free with the connivance of a prison warder and court registrar after being convicted by court.»

We would love to include workers like Joyce Mitchell, who will keep her pension despite pleading guilty to smuggling into Clinton Correctional Facility hacksaw blades, chisels, a steel punch and two concrete drill bits used by convicted murderers David Sweat and Richard Matt in last summer's escape.

By now they have recruited a black partner, Tommy Johnson (Chris Thomas King), and later when the song becomes a hit, they're called on to perform before an audience that is hostile to blacks in particular and escaped convicts in general.

Diesel reprises his role as the antihero Riddick, a dangerous, escaped convict wanted by every bounty hunter in the known galaxy.

Working with director Don Siegel for the fifth and final time, Clint Eastwood plays convict Frank Morris, who teams up with a handful of other men (including one played by Fred Ward in his first significant role) as they plot how to pull off their great escape.

Karl Urban, Nolan Funk, Jordi Molla, Matt Nable, Katee Sackhoff, Bokeem Woodbine, Dave Bautista, Conrad Pla, Raoul Trujillo, Nolan Funk and Keri Hilson fill the cast in which «Diesel reprises his role as the antihero Riddick, a dangerous, escaped convict wanted by every bounty hunter in the known galaxy.

In theaters September 6, «Vin Diesel reprises his role as the antihero Riddick, a dangerous, escaped convict wanted by every bounty hunter in the known galaxy.

Along with the presentation of Brolin's escaped convict, it is worth mentioning that the same type of care is given to the distant biological father, as played by Clark Gregg.

Valjean is an escaped convict who attempts to make a new life for himself but is constantly hunted by obsessed lawman Javert.

The film follows Charlie Hunnam as a prisoner escaping with the help of a convicted counterfeiter, played by Rami Malek.

Based on Victor Hugo's iconic literary classic, the story centers on French convict Jean Valjean (West) and his struggles to escape his past while being hunted for years over a parole violation by Inspector Javert (Oyelowo), set against the backdrop of the uprising of 1832.

The man (played by Josh Brolin) reveals himself to be an escaped convict, who takes the family hostage during Labor Day weekend.

She sneaks into a car driven by two escaped convicts.

The most atypical of Flynn's WWII propaganda films, Uncertain Gory begins as a crime thriller about a crook who miraculously escapes the guillotine and seeks aide from a partner in crime, morphs into the latter half of Les Miserables where a an escaped convict is hunted down by a ruthless detective, and concludes with the last act of Charles Dickens» A Tale of Two Cities wherein a rogue considers a noble act of redemption by offering to exchange his life to save many innocents from execution.

Based on the novel by Joyce Maynard, «Labor Day» tracks the tale of single mom Adele (Winslet) and her son Henry, who unwittingly take in an escaped convict (Brolin) as the police scour the town for him.

Based on a novel by F. L. Green, this stark psychological thriller stars James Mason as Johnny McQueen, a recently escaped convict who plots a robbery to fund a clandestine rebel organization.

A deputy sheriff on the Texas - Mexico border gets more than she bargained for when she pursues three escaped convicts into the high desert — just one of the four horror novellas in this collection by screenwriter and graphic novelist Wheaton.

Four Nails in the Coffin by Mark Wheaton A deputy sheriff on the Texas - Mexico border gets more than she bargained for when she pursues three escaped convicts into the high desert — just one of the four horror novellas in this collection by screenwriter and graphic novelist Wheaton.

you'll never know if the baba you meet on the ghats of Varanasi is a genuine one or just a potential convict trying to escape the clutches of laws by masquerading as a saint.

A Way Out Release: March 23 Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC Directed by Josef Fares — whose previous work includes Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons — A Way Out follows the adventure of two convicts who escape from prison and remain on the lam.

Inspired by Prison Break, the co-op game is played in a constant split - screen mode, as two convicts work together to escape the prison they find themselves in, and survive together on the run.

The main hero of the game is Mexican escaped convict who is being chased by thugs.»

A Way Out Release: March 23 Platform: PlayStation four, Xbox One, PC Directed by Josef Fares — whose earlier work contains Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons — A Way Out follows the journey of two convicts who escape from jail and stay on the lam.

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The exclusively co-op experience looks to take full advantage of the playstyle, telling the story of two convicts as they escape prison by working together.

To me, that's like jailhouse guards officially being paid by the convicts to make sure the convicts don't escape.