Movie

Convicts

“Freedom has its price.”

★ 5.7(21)19911h 33m

Convicts is streaming on MGM Amazon Channel in Canada, and available to rent or buy on Apple TV Store. Availability checked 11 June 2026.

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Director: Peter Masterson
Release date: 1991-01-01
Runtime: 1h 33m
Language: English
Status: Released
Part of: The Orphans' Home Cycle

About Convicts

Convicts is a 1991 movie in the Drama genre, directed by Peter Masterson, starring Robert Duvall, Lukas Haas and James Earl Jones. It has a runtime of 1 hour 33 minutes. It holds an average rating of 5.7/10 from 21 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Convicts in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

In 1902, 13-year-old Horace toils on a run-down plantation in rural Texas to buy a tombstone for the father he lost a year earlier. Soll, the crusty old Confederate who owns the plantation and depends on convict labor to keep his farm running, takes a liking to Horace. However, Soll is aging and sinking into senility, making the possibility of Horace ever getting his pay increasingly unlikely. On Christmas Eve, as Soll becomes obsessed with his own mortality, he makes a grand promise... forcing Horace to confront his fear of death and the harsh truths of a decadent society.

Cast

Robert Duvall

Soll Gautier

Lukas Haas

Horace Robedaux

James Earl Jones

Ben Johnson

Starletta DuPois

Martha Johnson

Carlin Glynn

Asa

Calvin Levels

Leroy

Gary Swanson

Billy

Themes & keywords

plantationbased on true storybased on play or musicalracismteenage boylaborconfederatedead fathersemi-biographical1900srural texasplantation ownerconvicts