Cast

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Plot

A World War I veteran, James Allen, is wrongly convicted of a robbery and sentenced to hard labour on a Southern chain gang, escapes, and becomes a fugitive, in a harsh social-protest drama with Paul Muni.

Sinekatalog’s take

A harsh and powerful 1930s social-protest drama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 8.2 / 10 (15,898 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.