Movie
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1932-11-09
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Paul Muni as James Allen
- Glenda Farrell as Marie Woods
- Helen Vinson as Helen
- Noel Francis as Linda
- Preston Foster as Pete
- Allen Jenkins as Barney Sykes
- Berton Churchill as The Judge
- Edward Ellis as Bomber Wells
- David Landau as The Warden
- Hale Hamilton as Rev. Allen
- Sally Blane as Alice
- Louise Carter as Mother
Crew
- Mervyn LeRoy - Director
- Howard J. Green - Screenplay
- Brown Holmes - Screenplay
- Sheridan Gibney - Screenplay
- Robert E. Burns - Story
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