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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
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.
1932 · Directed by Mervyn LeRoy · 92 min · Drama · 8 frames
Tagline
Six sticks of dynamite that blasted his way to freedom … and awoke America’s conscience!
Crew
- Screenplay: Howard J. Green, Brown Holmes, Sheridan Gibney
- Cinematography: Sol Polito
- Edited by: William Holmes
- Music: Bernhard Kaun, Leo F. Forbstein
- Produced by: Hal B. Wallis
Cast
- Paul Muni as James Allen
- Glenda Farrell as Marie Woods
- Helen Vinson as Helen
- Noel Francis as Linda
- Preston Foster as Pete
- Allen Jenkins as Barney Sykes
- Berton Churchill as The Judge
- Edward Ellis as Bomber Wells
- David Landau as The Warden
- Hale Hamilton as Rev. Allen
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
- Budget: $195,845
- Themes: prison, war veteran, blackmail, hamburger, based on true story, chain gang, fugitive, pre-code, escaped prisoner, reverend
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