Marching Powder Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

A British drug trafficker is arrested in Bolivia and jailed in La Paz's San Pedro prison. During his six-year stretch, the man serves as a tour guide in a prison that thrives under a capitalist system made possible by bribery of officials.

Crime Drama True Story Gangster

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Marching Powder.

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  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  ... Thomas McFadden

  Venom: The Last Dance , Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Crew Behind the Film

The Marching Powder behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Jose Padilha last directed 7 Days in Entebbe and Rio, I Love You. The film's writer Jose Padilha last wrote Elite Squad: The Enemy Within and Dead or Alive.

Director

Screenwriter

Jose Padilha

Producers

Don Cheadle
Benjamin Goldhirsh
David Guy Levy

Additional Information

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Production Details

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Key Facts

• Based on Thomas McFadden's memoir "Marching Powder: A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine and South America's Strangest Jail," which he wrote with Rusty Young.

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