I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932 · 92 MIN · IMDB 8.2 · 14,967 VOTES · DIR. Mervyn LeRoy

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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.

Dialogue Timeline — 873 lines

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00:01:48 Hey, pipe down, you mugs.
00:04:34 You have a lot to thank Mr. Parker for.
00:06:28 You found another job?
00:09:05 - But you should have a bite of something. - I can't, Mom. I don't feel like it.
00:11:12 Calling me?
00:15:40 What do I owe you?
00:20:17 Come on, hurry it up.
00:24:47 For looking at a hamburger.
00:28:40 Eleven.
00:33:06 Let me see. Four weeks from 10 years.
00:36:45 Five.
00:45:21 Well, if it ain't old John Law himself.
00:48:34 Well, I got a tough night ahead of me.
00:54:10 Yeah, the first name.
00:57:25 And you know it wasn't love just as well as I do.
01:01:15 Here's the revised budget on the King's Highway Bridge.
01:04:28 I don't think they'd miss us. How about it?
01:06:44 Now, listen.
01:09:54 Merely a technicality.
01:12:59 This is a funny state and the Governor's a little peculiar.
01:16:05 But I'll get the pardon, all right...
01:19:54 but there is no brutality.
01:22:20 It didn't do any good.
01:31:12 Helen.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed873
Dialogue density9.5 lines / min
First line00:01:48
Final line01:31:12

Production Record

DirectorMervyn LeRoy
LanguageEnglish
Budget$195,845
IMDb votes14,967