Je suis un évadé (1932)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Réalisateur : Mervyn LeRoy
Scénaristes : Howard J. Green, Sheridan Gibney, Brown Holmes, Robert E. Burns
92 minutes
Status : Released
Budget : 195 845 $
Langue : English
Pays : United States of America
Sociétés de production : Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
Synopsis
1919. Jeune sergent décoré pour sa bravoure lors de la Première Guerre Mondiale, James Allen vit mal son retour aux affaires courantes. Etouffé par sa famille, et un travail en usine qui n’épouse pas ses nouvelles ambitions, il prend son baluchon et traverse les Etats-Unis dans l’espoir de trouver un emploi dans le bâtiment. Il doit rapidement déchanter : la crise frappe le pays de plein fouet, et chaque étape de son périple est une nouvelle désillusion. Un soir, Allen, affamé, est embringué à ses dépens dans un hold-up minable qui tourne mal. Il prend 10 ans, pour un crime qu’il n’a pas commis, et est transféré dans un des pires bagnes du pays. Le cauchemar commence.
- Paul Muni - James Allen
- Glenda Farrell - Marie Woods
- Helen Vinson - Helen
- Noel Francis - Linda
- Preston Foster - Pete
- Allen Jenkins - Barney Sykes
- Berton Churchill - The Judge
- Edward Ellis - Bomber Wells
- David Landau - The Warden
- Hale Hamilton - Rev. Allen
- Sally Blane - Alice
- Louise Carter - Mother
- Everett Brown - Strong Prisoner
- Willard Robertson - Prison Board Chairman
- Robert McWade - F.E. Ramsey
- Robert Warwick - Fuller
- William Le Maire - A Texan
- Charles Middleton - Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Dennis O'Keefe - Café Chateau Dancer (uncredited)
- Wallis Clark - Chicago Lawyer (uncredited)
- Erville Alderson - Police Chief (uncredited)
- Irving Bacon - Bill - Barber (uncredited)
- Reginald Barlow - Mr. Parker (uncredited)
- James Bell - Red (uncredited)
- Frederick Burton - Southern Prison Official (uncredited)
- A.S. Byron - Cop in Barber Shop (uncredited)
- Charles McAvoy - Cop (uncredited)
- Eddy Chandler - Job Foreman (uncredited)
- G. Pat Collins - Wilson (uncredited)
- George Cooper - Vaudevillian (uncredited)
- Jack Curtis - Prison Guard (uncredited)
- Harry Woods - Prison Guard (uncredited)
- John Marston - Prison Commissioner (uncredited)
- Douglass Dumbrille - District Attorney (uncredited)
- J. Frank Glendon - Arresting Officer (uncredited)
- Lee Shumway - Arresting Officer (uncredited)
- Lew Kelly - Diner Cook (uncredited)
- Jack La Rue - Ackerman (uncredited)
- Edward LeSaint - Chamber of Commerce Chairman (uncredited)
- Walter Long - Blacksmith (uncredited)
- Jack Low - Big Prisoner (uncredited)
- Edward McNamara - Second Warden (uncredited)
- William Pawley - Doggy (uncredited)
- Charles Sellon - Hot Dog Stand Owner (uncredited)
- Allen D. Sewall - Train Station Guard (uncredited)
- William H. Strauss - Pawnbroker (uncredited)
- Sheila Terry - Allen's Secretary (uncredited)
- Fred 'Snowflake' Toones - Marine on Ship (uncredited)
- Jack Wise - Tailor (uncredited)
- John Wray - Nordine (uncredited)
