I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
A World War I veteran turned architect escapes a brutal chain gang to rebuild his life in Chicago, but his pursuit of freedom and justice forces him to become a fugitive on the run from the law.
“Six sticks of dynamite that blasted his way to freedom … and awoke America’s conscience!”
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A World War I veteran who aspired to become a master architect finds his ambitions thwarted by economic constraints; subsequently, he is wrongfully convicted of a crime and sentenced to labor on a chain gang.
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A crew of 56+ credited
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Edited by William HolmesShot by Sol Polito
Box Office
1932 · Box office
Produced on a $196K budget
Production budget
$196K
Also known as
- Ich bin ein entflohener Kettensträflingde
- Jagd auf James A.de
- I Am a Fugitiveen
- Soy un fugitivoes
- Je suis un évadéfr
- Io sono un evasoit
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Cast & Crew
56 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Supporting cast
38Everett Brown
as Sebastian T. Yale - Strong Prisoner
Willard Robertson
as Prison Board Chairman
Robert Mcwade
as F.E. Ramsey
Robert Warwick
as Fuller
William Le Maire
as A Texan
Charles Middleton
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Dennis O Keefe
as Café Chateau Dancer (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
as Chicago Lawyer (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
as Police Chief (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
as Bill - Barber (uncredited)
Reginald Barlow
as Mr. Parker (uncredited)
James Bell
as Red (uncredited)
Frederick Burton
as Southern Prison Official (uncredited)
A S Byron
as Cop in Barber Shop (uncredited)
Charles Mcavoy
as Cop (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
as Job Foreman (uncredited)
G Pat Collins
as Wilson (uncredited)
George Cooper
as Vaudevillian (uncredited)
Jack Curtis
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
Harry Woods
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
John Marston
as Prison Commissioner (uncredited)
Douglass Dumbrille
as District Attorney (uncredited)
J Frank Glendon
as Arresting Officer (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
as Arresting Officer (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
as Diner Cook (uncredited)
Jack La Rue
as Ackerman (uncredited)
Edward Lesaint
as Chamber of Commerce Chairman (uncredited)
Walter Long
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Jack Low
as Big Prisoner (uncredited)
Edward Mcnamara
as Second Warden (uncredited)
William Pawley
as Doggy (uncredited)
Charles Sellon
as Hot Dog Stand Owner (uncredited)
Allen D Sewall
as Train Station Guard (uncredited)
William H Strauss
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Sheila Terry
as Allen's Secretary (uncredited)
Fred Snowflake Toones
as Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Jack Wise
as Tailor (uncredited)
John Wray
as Nordine (uncredited)
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