I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is a 1932 American pre-Code crime-drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni as a wrongfully convicted man on a chain gang who escapes to Chicago. It was released on November 10, 1932. The film received critical acclaim and was nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor for Muni.
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Directed by | Mervyn LeRoy |
Screenplay by | Howard J. Green Brown Holmes |
Based on | I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! by Robert E. Burns |
Produced by | Hal B. Wallis |
Starring | Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Helen Vinson Noel Francis |
Cinematography | Sol Polito |
Edited by | William Holmes |
Music by | Bernhard Kaun |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $228,000[2] |
Box office | $1,599,000[2] |
The film was written by Howard J. Green and Brown Holmes from Robert Elliott Burns's 1932 autobiography of a similar name I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! originally serialized in the True Detective magazine.[3] The true life story was later the basis for the television movie The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987) starring Val Kilmer.[4]
In 1991, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[5][6]