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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932 · 1h 32m · Drama · Crime
Six sticks of dynamite that blasted his way to freedom … and awoke America’s conscience!
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- 8.2
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 96%
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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.
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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
Crew
- Mervyn LeRoyDirector
- Howard J. GreenScreenplay
- Sheridan GibneyScreenplay
- Brown HolmesScreenplay
- Robert E. BurnsStory
- Hal B. WallisProducer
- Sol PolitoDirector of Photography
- Bernhard KaunOriginal Music Composer
- Leo F. ForbsteinOriginal Music Composer
- William HolmesEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 9, 1932
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $195,845
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
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