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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is a 1932 American pre-Code crime-drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni as a wrongfully convicted man on a chain gang who escapes to Chicago. It was released on November 10, 1932.
A 1932 crime drama film based on the true story of Robert Burns, who escaped from a brutal chain gang in Georgia. The film was a critical and financial success and helped expose the injustice of the chain gang system.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Mervyn LeRoy
- 1932-11-19
Academy Award-winner Paul Muni ("Scarface," "The Story of Louis Pastor") received an Oscar-nomination as a World War I vet who is wrongly convicted of armed robbery and is sentenced to hard labor...
Jaded World War I veteran James Allen (Paul Muni) dreams of creating a new life, but those dreams are shattered when he is implicated in a robbery and sentenced to 10 years on a chain gang. The...
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- Paul Muni
- Mervyn Leroy
- Drama
Sergeant James Allen is returning home by boat to New York City after having served a stint in the Army and in World War One in Europe, being awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre. After taking part in a welcome home parade with fellow soldiers, he travels by train to his hometown in New Jersey.
James Allen (played by Paul Muni) is an impoverished World War I veteran who is forced at gunpoint to participate in a crime. He is caught and sentenced to a chain gang in Georgia. After enduring much brutality, he escapes and becomes a successful engineer and builder.
A film based on the true story of a WWI veteran who escaped from a Georgia chain gang twice. Learn about the background, production, and reception of this social protest film that exposed the injustice and brutality of the southern prison system.
