I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

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

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Release Date

11/9/1932

Runtime

92 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$195,845

Revenue

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A searing indictment of systemic cruelty that follows one man's desperate fight for freedom against an uncaring judicial machine. Urgent and brutal, it moves with moral clarity toward a haunting final act that lingers.

Mood

BleakAngryDefiant

Themes

SurvivalCorruptionRedemptionIdentity

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

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Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) directed by Mervyn LeRoy | FirstCinema