A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
Muni gives a brilliant performance as a regular guy wrongly convicted of murder and subjected to the hardships and beatings of a dehumanising chain gang regime.
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Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is a picture with guts. It grips with its stark realism and packs lots of punch.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
Based on a true story, its style is simple, direct, forceful -- even after more than six decades.