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The Man Who Proke 1,000 Chains

BBC One
on BBC One London

First of a two-part drama based on a true story starring Val Kilmer
First World War veteran
Robert Elliot Burns is sentenced to hard labour in a brutal Georgia work camp after being forced to participate in an armed robbery. Caught in the tedium and hopelessness of life on a chain gang, Burns yearns for his freedom.
Final part and cast list tomorrow at 9.30pm. Director Daniel Mann (1987)
FILM REVIEWS pages45-51

Contributors

Unknown:
Val Kilmer
Unknown:
Robert Elliot Burns
Director:
Daniel Mann
Source: Radio Times

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