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1932 • 1h 32min • Approved • Crime, Drama

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

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

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.

IMDb 8.2

RT 96%

Director

Mervyn LeRoy

Writers

Brown Holmes

Sheridan Gibney

Howard J. Green

Composer

Bernhard Kaun

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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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Helen Vinson Helen

Noel Francis Linda

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Edward Ellis Bomber Wells

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