# ID this movie: prisoner fakes being blind

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**Created:** [June 5, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie-prisoner-fakes-being-blind/584443 "2011-06-05T22:01:04Z")\
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In the early 80s, I saw a bit of a movie on cable. The part I remember is that a prisoner was faking being blind, I think so he would get transferred. His friends described movies to him, and he went as far as to trip over something like a wheelbarrow in the yard and get furious about his situation, and throw the thing around.

This is all I can remember. Does anyone have a clue what this might be?