The Grave

The Grave (1996)

Genres - Mystery, Thriller, Crime  |   Sub-Genres - Crime Drama  |   Release Date - Aug 20, 1996 (USA)  |   Run Time - 90 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan

This little chiller unfolds like a late-night campfire ghost story as it tells the strange tale of treasure hunters and a prison break from a North Carolina prison farm. It begins when a man approaches two inmates at the prison farm and tells them about a fabulous treasure buried in the coffin of a wealthy but miserly merchant. The convicts, King and Tyn, want the treasure and so bribe a guard into letting them escape. They leave the man who told them about the cache back in the pen. While on the lam, Tyn gets shot trying to steal clothing from a laundry line and the two end up forced to bring in King's ex-lover and some old gang mates to help them find the grave. The guard then shows up and demands a share of the take and this creates all sorts of problems.

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on-the-run, treasure, treasure-hunt, escape, escaped-convict, prison, prison-escape, prison-guard, search, bribery, convict, graveyard, law, captive, captor