I am a fugitive

Duration: 93

Year Published: 1932

Creator: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & the Vitaphone Corp. present ; produced by Hal B. Wallis ; screenplay by Howard J. Green & Brown Holmes ; directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: LeRoy, Mervyn, 1900-1987.; Wallis, Hal B., 1899-1986.; Burns, Robert Elliott. I am a fugitive from a chain gang.; Green, Howard J., 1893-1965.; Holmes, Brown.; Polito, Sol, 1892-1960.; Okey, Jack.; Holmes, William.; Muni, Paul, 1895-1967.; Farrell, Glenda, 1904-1971.; Vinson, Helen, 1907-1999.; Francis, Noel, 1910-1959.; Foster, Preston, 1900-1970.; Jenkins, Allen, 1900-1974.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967); Vitaphone Corp.

Description: Based on the book: I am a fugitive from a chain gang / by Robert E. Burns.; Production date and credits taken from print and from Internet Movie Database.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Edited by William Holmes ; art director, Jack Okey ; photography by Sol Polito.; Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Noel Francis, Preston Foster, Allen Jenkins.; An itinerant ex-soldier is sentenced to a chain gang after he is wrongly implicated in a hold-up. An early social protest film based on a true story, the film helped initiate reform of the prison system.; PFA 1620-01-10708. D0418; PFA 1620-01-10708. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: August 5, 2002, condition fair, some scratches.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE