Ich bin ein entflohener Kettensträfling (1932)
Immer auf der Suche nach Arbeit, wandert James durch die Staaten, bis er die Bekanntschaft des kleinen Ganoven Pete macht, der ihn in einen dilettantischen Raubüberfall auf eine Imbissbude verwickelt. James wird gefangen genommen und zu zehn Jahren Strafarbeit in einer Kolonie von Kettensträflingen verurteilt. Ihm gelingt jedoch die Flucht, und er kann in einem anderen Bundesstaat Fuß fassen und sich in einer Baufirma unter falschem Namen langsam hocharbeiten. Seine Wirtin Marie erfährt jedoch von seiner Vorgeschichte und zwingt ihn zur Heirat, um so den inzwischen gut verdienenden Ingenieur finanziell auszubeuten. Als James sich in Helen verliebt und Mary bittet, ihn gehen zu lassen, verrät sie ihn an die Behörden, die sich vergeblich um eine Begnadigung des inzwischen zu einem angesehenen und verdienstvollen Bürger aufgestiegenen James bemühen. James geht auf das Angebot ein, für 90 Tage in die Strafkolonie zurückzukehren, bis die in Aussicht gestellte Begnadigung rechtswirksam wird.
Der Regisseur:
Mervyn LeRoy
Die Autor:
Howard J. Green, Brown Holmes, Sheridan Gibney.
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Paul Muni as James Allen |
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Glenda Farrell as Marie Woods |
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Helen Vinson as Helen |
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Noel Francis as Linda |
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Preston Foster as Pete |
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Allen Jenkins as Barney Sykes |
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Berton Churchill as The Judge |
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Edward Ellis as Bomber Wells |
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David Landau as The Warden |
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Hale Hamilton as Rev. Allen |
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Sally Blane as Alice |
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Louise Carter as Mother |
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Everett Brown as Sebastian T. Yale - Strong Prisoner |
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Willard Robertson as Prison Board Chairman |
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Robert McWade as F.E. Ramsey |
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Robert Warwick as Fuller |
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William Le Maire as A Texan |
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Charles Middleton as Train Conductor (uncredited) |
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Dennis O'Keefe as Café Chateau Dancer (uncredited) |
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Wallis Clark as Chicago Lawyer (uncredited) |
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Erville Alderson as Police Chief (uncredited) |
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Irving Bacon as Bill - Barber (uncredited) |
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Reginald Barlow as Mr. Parker (uncredited) |
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James Bell as Red (uncredited) |
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Frederick Burton as Southern Prison Official (uncredited) |
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A.S. Byron as Cop in Barber Shop (uncredited) |
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Charles McAvoy as Cop (uncredited) |
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Eddy Chandler as Job Foreman (uncredited) |
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G. Pat Collins as Wilson (uncredited) |
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George Cooper as Vaudevillian (uncredited) |
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Jack Curtis as Prison Guard (uncredited) |
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Harry Woods as Prison Guard (uncredited) |
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John Marston as Prison Commissioner (uncredited) |
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Douglass Dumbrille as District Attorney (uncredited) |
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J. Frank Glendon as Arresting Officer (uncredited) |
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Lee Shumway as Arresting Officer (uncredited) |
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Lew Kelly as Diner Cook (uncredited) |
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Jack La Rue as Ackerman (uncredited) |
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Edward LeSaint as Chamber of Commerce Chairman (uncredited) |
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Walter Long as Blacksmith (uncredited) |
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Jack Low as Big Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Edward McNamara as Second Warden (uncredited) |
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William Pawley as Doggy (uncredited) |
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Charles Sellon as Hot Dog Stand Owner (uncredited) |
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Allen D. Sewall as Train Station Guard (uncredited) |
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William H. Strauss as Pawnbroker (uncredited) |
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Sheila Terry as Allen's Secretary (uncredited) |
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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Marine on Ship (uncredited) |
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Jack Wise as Tailor (uncredited) |
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John Wray as Nordine (uncredited) |
| Directing | Mervyn LeRoy | Director |
| Production | Hal B. Wallis | Producer |
| Camera | Sol Polito | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Robert E. Burns | Story |
| Writing | Howard J. Green | Screenplay |
| Writing | Brown Holmes | Screenplay |
| Writing | Sheridan Gibney | Screenplay |
| Editing | William Holmes | Editor |
| Art | Jack Okey | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Directing | Al Alleborn | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Bernhard Kaun | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Leo F. Forbstein | Original Music Composer |
| Production | William Forsyth | Casting Assistant |
| Sound | Nathan Levinson | Sound |
