I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

United States of America

  • NR
  • 1932-11-09(US)
  • Drama,
    Crime
  • 1h-32m
78%
User
Score
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.

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

Sally Blane

Alice

Louise Carter

Mother

Everett Brown

Sebastian T. Yale - Strong Prisoner

Willard Robertson

Prison Board Chairman

Robert McWade

F.E. Ramsey

Robert Warwick

Fuller

William Le Maire

A Texan

Charles Middleton

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

Café Chateau Dancer (uncredited)

Wallis Clark

Chicago Lawyer (uncredited)

Erville Alderson

Police Chief (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Bill - Barber (uncredited)

Reginald Barlow

Mr. Parker (uncredited)

James Bell

Red (uncredited)

Frederick Burton

Southern Prison Official (uncredited)

A.S. Byron

Cop in Barber Shop (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy

Cop (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Job Foreman (uncredited)

G. Pat Collins

Wilson (uncredited)

George Cooper

Vaudevillian (uncredited)

Jack Curtis

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Harry Woods

Prison Guard (uncredited)

John Marston

Prison Commissioner (uncredited)

Douglass Dumbrille

District Attorney (uncredited)

J. Frank Glendon

Arresting Officer (uncredited)

Lee Shumway

Arresting Officer (uncredited)

Lew Kelly

Diner Cook (uncredited)

Jack La Rue

Ackerman (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

Chamber of Commerce Chairman (uncredited)

Walter Long

Blacksmith (uncredited)

Jack Low

Big Prisoner (uncredited)

Edward McNamara

Second Warden (uncredited)

William Pawley

Doggy (uncredited)

Charles Sellon

Hot Dog Stand Owner (uncredited)

Allen D. Sewall

Train Station Guard (uncredited)

William H. Strauss

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Sheila Terry

Allen's Secretary (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Marine on Ship (uncredited)

Jack Wise

Tailor (uncredited)

John Wray

Nordine (uncredited)


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A review by John Chard

10.0
Written by John Chard on 2024-05-16

Masterpiece that keeps influencing as much as it enthrals. Being a man who has a very unhealthy penchant for any film that deals with incarceration, it is with great elation that I can proudly proclaim this to be one of the greatest films of the genre. I had to finally give way and import the film on Region 1 to se...


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  • Status
    Released
  • Original Language
    not found
  • Budget
    $195845.00
  • Revenue

    no revenue


  • Content Score

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