I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
09/11/1932
Drama, Crime
1h 32m
- 78% (215 votes)
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Six sticks of dynamite that blasted his way to freedom … and awoke America’s conscience!
Overview
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
- Mervyn LeRoyDirector
- Brown HolmesScreenplay
- Sheridan GibneyScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$195,845
Keywords
- prison
- war veteran
- blackmail
- hamburger
- based on true story
- chain gang
- fugitive
- pre-code
- escaped prisoner
- reverend
- tradesman
- prison system
- prison brutality
- prison life
- prison reform
- innocent in jail
- reformed criminal
- escapee
- forced labor
Top Billed Cast
Paul Muni
James Allen
Glenda Farrell
Marie Woods
Helen Vinson
Helen
Noel Francis
Linda
Preston Foster
Pete
Allen Jenkins
Barney Sykes
Berton Churchill
The Judge
Edward Ellis
Bomber Wells
David Landau
The Warden
Hale Hamilton
Rev. Allen
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