I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Six sticks of dynamite that blasted his way to freedom … and awoke America’s conscience!
Genres
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
Budget
$195845
Revenue
$0
Runtime
92 min
Release Date
1932-11-09
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
213
Vote Average
7.791
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)
Dennis O'Keefe
Café Chateau Dancer (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Chicago Lawyer (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
Police Chief (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Bill - Barber (uncredited)
Reginald Barlow
Mr. Parker (uncredited)
James Bell
Red (uncredited)
Frederick Burton
Southern Prison Official (uncredited)
A.S. Byron
Cop in Barber Shop (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy
Cop (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Job Foreman (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
Wilson (uncredited)
George Cooper
Vaudevillian (uncredited)
Jack Curtis
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Harry Woods
Prison Guard (uncredited)
John Marston
Prison Commissioner (uncredited)
Douglass Dumbrille
District Attorney (uncredited)
J. Frank Glendon
Arresting Officer (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Arresting Officer (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Diner Cook (uncredited)
Jack La Rue
Ackerman (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Chamber of Commerce Chairman (uncredited)
Walter Long
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Jack Low
Big Prisoner (uncredited)
Edward McNamara
Second Warden (uncredited)
William Pawley
Doggy (uncredited)
Charles Sellon
Hot Dog Stand Owner (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall
Train Station Guard (uncredited)
William H. Strauss
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Sheila Terry
Allen's Secretary (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Jack Wise
Tailor (uncredited)
John Wray
Nordine (uncredited)
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