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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is a 1932 American pre-Code crime tragedy 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 E. Burns, who was wrongly convicted and forced to work on a chain gang. The film depicts his struggles, escapes, and the social impact of the chain gang system.
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...
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.
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...
• Synopsis: Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.• Director: Merv...
A film based on the true story of Robert Elliot Burns, who served on a brutal chain gang in Georgia after a wrongful conviction. He escapes twice and tries to rebuild his life in Chicago, but his past catches up with him.
