I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

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Directed by

Mervyn LeRoy

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John Wray
Nordine

Harry Woods
Prison Guard

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Marine on Ship

Wallis Clark
Chicago Lawyer

G. Pat Collins
Wilson

George Cooper
Vaudevillian

Jack Curtis
Prison Guard

Sheila Terry
Allen's Secretary

Written 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

Tags: Crime (7), Prison (6), Drama (5), Film-noir (4), 1932 (4), 1930s (4), Letter (3), Hamburger (3), Film Noir (3), True Story (3), Usa (3), Prison Escape (2), Chain Gang (2), Punishment (2), Character's Journey Shown On Map (2), Wrongful Conviction (2), Social Commentary (2), Car Chase (2), Blackmail (2), Escaped Prisoner (2)

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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"