"Six sticks of dynamite that blasted his way to freedom … and awoke America’s conscience!"

1932

1h 32m

7.8(217 votes)

Drama

Crime

Overview

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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50 members

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Paul Muni

James Allen

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Glenda Farrell

Marie Woods

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Helen Vinson

Helen

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Noel Francis

Linda

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Preston Foster

Pete

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Allen Jenkins

Barney Sykes

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Berton Churchill

The Judge

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Edward Ellis

Bomber Wells

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David Landau

The Warden

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Hale Hamilton

Rev. Allen

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Sally Blane

Alice

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Louise Carter

Mother

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Everett Brown

Sebastian T. Yale - Strong Prisoner

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Willard Robertson

Prison Board Chairman

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Robert McWade

F.E. Ramsey

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Robert Warwick

Fuller

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William Le Maire

A Texan

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Charles Middleton

Train Conductor (uncredited)

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Dennis O'Keefe

Café Chateau Dancer (uncredited)

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Wallis Clark

Chicago Lawyer (uncredited)

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Erville Alderson

Police Chief (uncredited)

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Irving Bacon

Bill - Barber (uncredited)

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Reginald Barlow

Mr. Parker (uncredited)

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James Bell

Red (uncredited)

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Frederick Burton

Southern Prison Official (uncredited)

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A.S. Byron

Cop in Barber Shop (uncredited)

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Charles McAvoy

Cop (uncredited)

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Eddy Chandler

Job Foreman (uncredited)

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G. Pat Collins

Wilson (uncredited)

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George Cooper

Vaudevillian (uncredited)

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Jack Curtis

Prison Guard (uncredited)

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Harry Woods

Prison Guard (uncredited)

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John Marston

Prison Commissioner (uncredited)

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Douglass Dumbrille

District Attorney (uncredited)

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J. Frank Glendon

Arresting Officer (uncredited)

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Lee Shumway

Arresting Officer (uncredited)

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Lew Kelly

Diner Cook (uncredited)

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Jack La Rue

Ackerman (uncredited)

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Edward LeSaint

Chamber of Commerce Chairman (uncredited)

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Walter Long

Blacksmith (uncredited)

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Jack Low

Big Prisoner (uncredited)

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Edward McNamara

Second Warden (uncredited)

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William Pawley

Doggy (uncredited)

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Charles Sellon

Hot Dog Stand Owner (uncredited)

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Allen D. Sewall

Train Station Guard (uncredited)

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William H. Strauss

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

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Sheila Terry

Allen's Secretary (uncredited)

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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Marine on Ship (uncredited)

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Jack Wise

Tailor (uncredited)

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John Wray

Nordine (uncredited)

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