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Programme Information

An uncompromising 'docudrama' portrayal of injustice, with Paul Muni giving a powerful performance as the World War I vet on the run from a chain gang in Depression era America. Based on Robert E. Burns' autobiographical novel.

Keywords:

Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Based-on-True-Story, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Oscar Best Picture Nominated, Oscar Best Actor Nominee

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1932) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Paul Muni	.... James Allen
Glenda Farrell	.... Marie Woods
Helen Vinson	.... Helen
Noel Francis	.... Linda
Preston Foster	.... Pete
Allen Jenkins	.... Barney Sykes

Supporting Cast:

Berton Churchill	.... Judge
Edward Ellis	.... Bomber Wells
David Landau	.... Warden
Hale Hamilton	.... Rev. Robert Clinton Allen
Sally Blane	.... Alice
Louise Carter	.... Mother
Willard Robertson	.... Prison Commisioner
Robert McWade	.... Ramsey
Robert Warwick	.... Fuller

Directors:

Mervyn LeRoy

Writers:

Robert E. Burns
Howard J. Green