This article is about the 1932 film. For the book, see I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Mervyn LeRoy
Screenplay by
Howard J. Green Brown Holmes
Based on
I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! by Robert E. Burns
Produced by
Hal B. Wallis
Starring
Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Helen Vinson Noel Francis
Cinematography
Sol Polito
Edited by
William Holmes
Music by
Bernhard Kaun
Production company
The Vitaphone Corporation
Distributed by
Warner Bros.
Release date
November 10, 1932 (1932-11-10)
[1]
Running time
93 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$228,000[2]
Box office
$1,599,000[2]
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is a 1932 American pre-Code crime-drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni as a wrongfully convicted man on a chain gang who escapes to Chicago. It was released on November 10, 1932. The film received critical acclaim and was nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor for Muni.
The film was written by Howard J. Green and Brown Holmes from Robert Elliott Burns's 1932 autobiography of a similar name I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! originally serialized in the True Detective magazine.[3] The true life story was later the basis for the television movie The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987) starring Val Kilmer.[4]
In 1991, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[5][6]
^"Screen Notes". New York Times. November 10, 1932.
^ abWarner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 13 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
^Marr, John. "True Detective, R.I.P." Stim.com. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
^McGee, Scott (2014). "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang". Turner Classic Movies. Turner Entertainment Networks, Inc. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
^"Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
^Kehr, Dave (September 26, 1991). "U.S. FILM REGISTRY ADDS 25 'SIGNIFICANT' MOVIES". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
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