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The cons saw a screening of the film.


After the film was completed the escapees were let out of solitary to view the film. The real life Sherbondy howled at the film's version of him.

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BFD. He probably howled at everything anyway. Stupid criminals get caught and think they are some sort of bigshot celebrity.

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I sure can't argue with your statement

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In this case, and in this day and age, that's exactly what they were. Even if only for 15 mins.

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And here's the article in Life magazine from the August 2, 1948 issue of them doing just that:

https://books.google.com/books?id=10cEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=COLORADO:+Trouble+in+Little+Siberia&source=bl&ots=tT7aA3BR9F&sig=UByKzVOQAUtT59vrpOD4JSYenp4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi39vSVwdLMAhXLLSYKHUJ4Cv8Q6AEIOjAI#v=onepage&q&f=false

And if you are a subscriber to Time magazine, here's their article on the prison break itself from their January 12, 1948 issue:

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,794116,00.html

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