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.
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
- Keyword: prison, war veteran, blackmail, hamburger, based on true story, chain gang, fugitive, pre-code, escaped prisoner, reverend, tradesman, prison system, prison brutality, prison life, prison reform, innocent in jail, reformed criminal, escapee, forced labor
- Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Noel Francis, Preston Foster, Allen Jenkins