“Six sticks of dynamite that blasted his way to freedom … and awoke America’s conscience!”
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
7.8
233 votes·1932
·1h 32m
·MovieDramaCrime
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.
Keywords
prisonwar veteranblackmailhamburgerbased on true storychain gangfugitivepre-codeescaped prisonerreverendtradesmanprison system
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
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