Directed by:
Mervyn LeRoyCinematography:
Sol PolitoComposer:
Bernhard KaunCast:
Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Noel Francis, Preston Foster, Allen Jenkins, Berton Churchill, Edward Ellis, Hale Hamilton, Sally Blane, Louise Carter (more)Plots(1)
Based on a true story, a Depression-era drama following the return of WWI veteran James Allen into a brutal Southern prison, after he's falsely accused of theft. Warner Brothers won box office success and a reputation for hard-hitting social commentary: Allen's prison life was so harrowingly realistic that massive chain gang reforms were instituted as a result and the character upon whom Allen was based was eventually pardoned. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Paul Muni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/340/164340862_5f211a.png)
Paul Muni
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Scarface (1932)
![Glenda Farrell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/405/405104_4cebcd.jpg)
Glenda Farrell
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Johnny Eager (1941)
![Helen Vinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/153/626/153626329_bf04d5.jpg)
Helen Vinson
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
![Noel Francis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496904_47bc3f.jpg)
Noel Francis
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Smart Money (1931)
Imitation of Life (1934)
![Preston Foster](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/340/340760_92a2ff.jpg)
Preston Foster
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
![Allen Jenkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886408_bd92bf.jpg)
Allen Jenkins
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Front Page (1974)
Ball of Fire (1941)
![Berton Churchill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193943_9f6550.jpg)
Berton Churchill
Canada
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Stagecoach (1939)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
![Edward Ellis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318071_ea6d9d.jpg)
Edward Ellis
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Fury (1936)
The Thin Man (1934)
![Hale Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812497_b85761.jpg)
Hale Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
![Sally Blane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677307_cffb1d.jpg)
Sally Blane
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Sheik (1921)
Night of Terror (1933)
Louise Carter
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
![Willard Robertson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948641_3d46a4.jpg)
Willard Robertson
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
To Each His Own (1946)
![Robert Warwick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000170_4f6a45.jpg)
Robert Warwick
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
![Dennis O'Keefe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496917_2dd93f.jpg)
Dennis O'Keefe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Fury (1936)
![Douglass Dumbrille](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499961_bdcbd4.jpg)
Douglass Dumbrille
Canada
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![Edward Arnold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/404/163404111_895da0.png)
Edward Arnold
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
![Walter Long](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886405_25e17c.jpg)
Walter Long
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Sheila Terry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426610_6d3720.jpg)
Sheila Terry
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Three on a Match (1932)
![Harry Woods](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792725_afc459.jpg)
Harry Woods
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![Jack La Rue](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/559/158559763_1cb002.jpg)
Jack La Rue
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Sea Hawk (1940)