I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

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.

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

Reviews

John Chard

Masterpiece that keeps influencing as much as it enthrals. Being a man who has a very unhealthy penchant for any film that deals with incarceration, it is with great elation that I can proudly proclaim this to be one of the greatest films of the genre. I had to finally give way and import the fi...

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