USA,
1932, 92 min
Directed by:
Mervyn LeRoyCinematography:
Sol PolitoComposer:
Bernhard KaunCast:
Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Noel Francis, Preston Foster, Allen Jenkins, Berton Churchill, Edward Ellis, Hale Hamilton, Sally Blane, Louise Carter (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Based on a true story, a Depression-era drama following the return of WWI veteran James Allen into a brutal Southern prison, after he's falsely accused of theft. Warner Brothers won box office success and a reputation for hard-hitting social commentary: Allen's prison life was so harrowingly realistic that massive chain gang reforms were instituted as a result and the character upon whom Allen was based was eventually pardoned. (official distributor synopsis)
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