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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Six sticks of dynamite that blasted his way to freedom … and awoke America’s conscience!
92 minApprovedDramaCrime
TMDb7.8/10234 votes
IMDb8.2/1015,317 votes
Rotten Tomatoes96%
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.
Country: United States
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 6 wins & 3 nominations total
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
Sally Blane
Alice
Louise Carter
Mother
Everett Brown
Sebastian T. Yale - Strong Prisoner
Willard Robertson
Prison Board Chairman
Keywords
Plot:war veteranblackmailhamburgerbased on true storychain gangfugitivepre-codeescaped prisonerreverendtradesmanreformed criminalescapeeforced labor
Place:prisonprison systemprison brutalityprison lifeprison reforminnocent in jail
