I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Six sticks of dynamite that blasted his way to freedom … and awoke America’s conscience!
DramaCrimeprisonwar veteranblackmailhamburgerbased on true storychain gangfugitivepre-codeescaped prisonerreverendtradesmanprison system
A searing indictment of systemic injustice and prison brutality that follows an innocent man's descent from aspiration to desperation, built on moral outrage rather than hope.
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.
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