I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

7.6/10 from 56 votes

Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Date of release: 19 Nov 1932

Description

Warner Bros.' hard-hitting chain-gang movie was a faithful adaptation of the similarly titled autobiography of Robert Elliot Burns. Paul Muni plays World War I veteran James Allen, whose plans of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Times get really tough when he's falsely convicted of a crime and forced to work on a chain gang.

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Budget	195845 $
Runtime	93 minute
Producer	Warner Bros.
Language	English
Themes	prison blackmail film noir based on true story reverend hamburger escaped prisoner chain gang character's journey shown on map tradesman
Actors	Douglass Dumbrille Glenda Farrell Irving Bacon Dennis O'Keefe Eddy Chandler Noel Francis John Wray Charles Sellon Jack Wise William Pawley Edward LeSaint Charles Middleton John Marston Robert Warwick Harry Woods G. Pat Collins Lee Shumway Sheila Terry William Le Maire Robert McWade Edward Ellis Willard Robertson Hale Hamilton Frederick Burton Reginald Barlow Jack Curtis Walter Long Allen D. Sewall Helen Vinson Paul Muni David Landau Allen Jenkins George Cooper Lew Kelly Louise Carter Preston Foster James Bell Berton Churchill Fred 'Snowflake' Toones Charles McAvoy Jack La Rue Wallis Clark Sally Blane J. Frank Glendon Erville Alderson A.S. Byron Jack Low Edward McNamara William H. Strauss Everett Brown