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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 · NR · 1h 32m

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy

7.8

TMDB audience score
237 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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  • Kanopy

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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

  • Robert Warwick
    Fuller

  • William Le Maire
    A Texan

  • Charles Middleton
    Train Conductor (uncredited)