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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

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

1932-11-09
7.8
en 92m
DramaCrime
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.

Director

Mervyn LeRoy

Producer

Hal B. Wallis

Director of Photography

Sol Polito

Story

Robert E. Burns

Screenplay

Howard J. Green

Screenplay

Brown Holmes

prison war veteran blackmail hamburger based on true story chain gang fugitive pre-code escaped prisoner reverend tradesman prison system prison brutality prison life prison reform innocent in jail reformed criminal escapee forced labor

Status

Released

Budget

$195,845

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Warner Bros. Pictures
  • The Vitaphone Corporation

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