I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932 · directed by Mervyn LeRoy

Rating
86/100
Hit
yes

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.

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), directed by Mervyn LeRoy, rates 86/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Paul Muni
  • Glenda Farrell
  • Helen Vinson
  • Noel Francis
  • Preston Foster
  • Allen Jenkins
  • Berton Churchill
  • Edward Ellis
  • David Landau
  • Hale Hamilton

Crew

  • Sol Polito — Director of Photography
  • William Holmes — Editor
  • Bernhard Kaun — Original Music Composer
  • Leo F. Forbstein — Original Music Composer
  • Brown Holmes — Screenplay
  • Howard J. Green — Screenplay
  • Sheridan Gibney — Screenplay

More from Mervyn LeRoy

  1. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) — 85/100 · hit
  2. Little Caesar (1931) — 81/100 · hit
  3. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) — 77/100
  4. Mister Roberts (1955) — 77/100
  5. Waterloo Bridge (1940) — 77/100
  6. Random Harvest (1942) — 74/100

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