The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce

Hunger Has No Limit

5.8

|2009|60 min

Eight men escape from the most isolated prison on earth. Only one man survives and the story he recounts shocks the British establishment to the core. This story is the last confession of Alexander Pearce.

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