Wentworth
2013 · 99% matchRecommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8).
Escape at Dannemora
DramaCrime
Escape at Dannemora is based on the stranger-than-fiction prison break in upstate New York in the summer of 2015 which spawned a statewide manhunt for two convicted murderers, aided in their escape by a married female prison employee who carried on months-long affairs with both men.
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Premiered
- November 18, 2018
- Ended
- December 30, 2018
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