I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

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Six sticks of dynamite that blasted his way to freedom … and awoke America’s conscience!

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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Genres: Crime Drama Prison Film
Mood: DarkHopefulBleak
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Crew

Directed by:

Sol Polito, Mervyn LeRoy, Al Alleborn

Produced by:

Hal B. Wallis

Composed by:

Bernhard Kaun, Leo F. Forbstein

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

Willard Robertson

Prison Board Chairman

Robert McWade

F.E. Ramsey

Robert Warwick

Fuller

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)

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

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Douglass Dumbrille

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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)

Edward McNamara

Second Warden (uncredited)

William Pawley

Doggy (uncredited)

Charles Sellon

Hot Dog Stand Owner (uncredited)

William H. Strauss

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Sheila Terry

Allen's Secretary (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Marine on Ship (uncredited)

John Wray

Nordine (uncredited)

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