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Side Roads

  • Crime
  • Thriller

August 24, 1988 (US)

1h 55m

Joe Velasco is awarded parole for good behavior, promising to live life as a reformed man and avoid the underworld activities which landed him in jail. But almost immediately following his release, a series of occurrences begin to steer him back towards the road to ruin.

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