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The Angry Screen: I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

on BBC Two England

Starring Paul Muni
with Glenda Farrell, Preston Foster, Helen Vinson

An ex-serviceman, down on his luck, is forced at gunpoint to help a man rob a till. Caught with two dollars, he is sentenced to the nightmare of the chain gang.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Howard J. Green
Screenplay:
Brown Holmes
Based on the novel by:
Robert E. Burns
Director:
Mervyn Le Roy
James Allen:
Paul Muni
Marie:
Glenda Farrell
Helen:
Helen Vinson
Linda:
Noel Francis
Peter:
Presto Foster
Barney Sykes:
Allen Jenkins
The Judge:
Berton Churchill
Bomber Wells:
Edward Ellis
The Warden:
David London
Rev Alien:
Hale Hamilton
Alice:
Sally Blane
Mother:
Louise Carter

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