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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

NR ★ 7.8/10 92 min Drama, Crime United States English

Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Screenplay by: Brown Holmes, Sheridan Gibney, Howard J. Green
Story by: Robert E. Burns

Streaming: Not available

Six sticks of dynamite that blasted his way to freedom … and awoke America’s conscience!

Description

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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Top 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

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