I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Released: 1932
Crime, Drama
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.
Starring: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Noel Francis, Preston Foster, Allen Jenkins, Berton Churchill, Edward Ellis
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
Written by: Howard J. Green, Sheridan Gibney, Brown Holmes, Robert E. Burns
Language: English
Scenes
A prisoner on a chain gang asks to be excused. He goes into the bushes, and when a new prisoner asks why, he is told "We get two minutes to brush our teeth." This is obviously a euphemism, as the standards of 1932 (when this film was made) would not permit a more accurate description.
Alternate Titles
Olen vainottu kahlekarkuri
Jeg er en flygtning
Soy un fugitivo
Ik, een vluchteling
Eu Sou um Evadido
Ben bir pranga kaçagiyim
Szökevény vagyok
Eimai enas drapetis
Je suis un évadé
Večiti begunac
Я – беглый каторжник (Russian title)
Jagd auf James A.
Побег с каторги (Theatrical title in the USSR)