I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

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Directed by

Mervyn LeRoy

Starring (View all)

Paul Muni
James Allen

Glenda Farrell
Marie

Helen Vinson
Helen

Noel Francis
Linda

Preston Foster
Pete

Allen Jenkins
Barney Sykes

Berton Churchill
The Judge

Edward Ellis
Bomber Wells

Written by

Robert E. Burns
(by)

Sheridan Gibney
screen play

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Returning veteran James Allen, rejecting a return to the old factory grind, degenerates into a hobo. Innocently involved in robbery, he is railroaded onto an incredibly brutal chain gang. Finally escaping, he makes his way to Chicago, where he finds success in the construction industry...and grasping girlfriend Marie, who threatens to expose him if he doesn't marry her. When he meets and falls for Helen, things go from bad to worse.

Release date: 19 November 1932
UPC: 012569701021

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"Based on the memoirs of Robert E. Burns, a wrongly convicted man, Mervyn LeRoy’s I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is a powerful meditation on the frailty of the justice system. The realistic depiction of the brutal chain gangs is not only revolting, but downright scary when one realizes virtually anyone could have been in the protagonist’s shoes. The physical and emotional pain James Allen endures is brilliantly conveyed by Paul Muni, in an Oscar-nominated performance. The confusion caused"

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"Mervyn LeRoy's acclaimed 'I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang' was based on the autobiography of Robert Elliott Burns, a man wrongly accused of robbery who was sentenced to 10 years on a brutal Southern chain gang. Burns escaped and was rearrested several times, writing his autobiography in the interim. The success of his book and the subsequent film adaptation raised public awareness of the cruelty and injustice of the chain gang system, leading to both Burns' success appeal and release and the e"