I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

7.7
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Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
Overview
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.
Review (1)
John Chard (Rated: 10)
Masterpiece that keeps influencing as much as it enthrals.
Being a man who has a very unhealthy penchant for any film that deals with incarceration, it is with great elation that I can proudly proclaim this to be one of the greatest films of the genre. I had to finally give way and import the fi...
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