Category: I am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
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Son of a Satire: ‘Chain Gang’ Rattles On
I n 1932’s “I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang,” Paul Muni stars in the real-life story of a poor schlump who gets roped into years of hard prison labor for no reason at all. “Chain Gang” is one of the “socially conscious” movies of that time. It was meant to publicize the brutal…