Allen Jenkins, Berton Churchill, David Landau
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is one of the toughest and most uncompromising movies to ever come out of Hollywood. Paul Muni stars as a regular Joe, just back from World War I, who is unjustl...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 10, 2005
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July 19, 2009The granddaddy of all the "prison brutality" movies. Cool Hand Luke, Chattahoochee and scores of others (including about a million "women in chains" pictures) owe their lives to this film.
Paul Muni -- always wonderful -- is totally believable as James Allen, an unemployed ma...( read more) -
July 13, 2007The movie which changed American chain-gang practices by showing the harshness of it all. I didn't like the melodramatic "Fugitive" scenes in the real world, and wanted more chain gang scenes, to show how long it went on. The dames in this movie weren't much comfort. The look on ...( read more)
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March 4, 2009This is truly remarkable for the time it was made. Social dramas of the early 30s are rarely this interesting affecting without the pre-code novelty, which really isn't a draw here. Paul Muni is genuinely affecting, his escape, genuinely exciting, and the ending genuinely haunti...( read more)
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July 3, 2008Excellent social message drama, something that could only be made in the early 30's and then not again until the 60's but without the same grit. Haunting final scene.
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July 3, 2008want to see this because it was nominated for best picture at the oscars and won best picture with the NBR
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