I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
"Six sticks of dynamite that blasted his way to freedom … and awoke America’s conscience!"
ThumbScore
👍 88%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 96%
(RT: 96%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Paul Muni as James Allen
Glenda Farrell as Marie Woods
Helen Vinson as Helen
Noel Francis as Linda
Preston Foster as Pete
Allen Jenkins as Barney Sykes
Berton Churchill as The Judge
Edward Ellis as Bomber Wells
Is I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang good?
Yes. 88% audience score, estimated from 234 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 96%.
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. Wikipedia ↗
