History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman Fleeing Parchman (Season 2, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Crime

History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman

Fleeing Parchman (Season 2, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Crime

A lone wolf prisoner, with aspirations of writing crime novels, ends up the star of his own break out story when he figures out how to escape from one of Mississippi's oldest and most notorious prison farms, Parchman Penitentiary.

Cinematographer

Daniel Marks

Editors

Wynn McMillin | Arron Yohe-Mellor

Production Designer

Peter Kelly

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Release date

Jul 22, 2024 (United States)

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Morgan Freeman Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Seven (1995)
David Gatson John F. Woodard John F. Woodard See fewer	History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman (2021)
Roy Harper Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer
Robert Johnson Self - Former Mississippi Commissioner of Corrections Self - Former Mississippi Commissioner of Corrections See fewer	History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman (2021)
John R Mangus Roy Harper Roy Harper See fewer	Now You See Me (I) (2013)
Jerry Mitchell Self - Founder, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting Self - Founder, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting See fewer	Emmett Till: White Lies, Black Death (2023)
Hal Neilson Self - Former Supervisory Special Agent FBI Self - Former Supervisory Special Agent FBI See fewer	History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman (2021)
Stephen Thaxton Prison Guard Prison Guard See fewer	Wire Room (2022)