I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang

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Plot: 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 unju...( read more read more... )stly convicted of a crime and sentenced to 10 years of bruisingly unfair treatment on a chain gang. Even a successful escape can't shake the spectre of the chains, nor the amazingly fatalistic twists the screenplay has in store. This picture could only have been made at Warner Bros., where social-justice movies flourished in the 1930s and criticism of judicial systems and prisons was sanctioned. Muni's weird acting style (he was recently off Scarface) somehow fits the film's furious tone, and director Mervyn LeRoy--as in his earlier Little Caesar--was dexterous enough to build the action to an unforgettable ending. It's a film that filters the American Dream through Depression realities and noirish pessimism (with a streak of pre-Code sexual frankness--note the one-night "friend" Muni makes the night of his escape). This one holds up, folks; it's a stunner. --Robert Horton

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  • jjnxn
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    4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 3, 2008
    Excellent 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, 2008
    want to see this because it was nominated for best picture at the oscars and won best picture with the NBR
  • senruset
    senruset
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    October 17, 2007
    Shows a tragic downward spiral for even the most talented of men. Nothing too groundbreaking, but entirely solid nonetheless.
  • prettyVacant38
    prettyVacant38
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    MCT:
    May 20, 2007
    It was his leg OR HIS LIFE!!!! He Blasted his way to freedom with 6 sticks of dynamite AND AWOKE AMERICA'S CONCIENCE!
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  • Rated: (Unrated)
  • Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
  • Genres: Mystery & Suspense, Drama, Classics
  • Released: November 19, 1932
  • DVD Released: May 10, 2005

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