Polski opis
Produkcja: USA
Gatunek: Kryminał, Film-Noir, Dramat
Reżyseria: Mervyn LeRoy
Scenariusz: Howard J. Green , Brown Holmes
Zdjęcia: Sol Polito
Muzyka: Leo F. Forbstein , Bernhard Kaun
Ocena na imdb.com: 8.3/10 (głosów: 2168)
Ocena na filmweb.pl: 7.62/10 (głosów: 8)
Na podstawie: autobiografii Roberta E. Burnsa
Opis:
Akcja filmu rozgrywa się tuż po zakończeniu Pierwszej Wojny Światowej. Główny bohater, żołnierz, James Allen (Paul Muni) wraca do U.S.A. pełen planów i nadziei na przyszłość. Jednak rzeczywistość zamiast spodziewanych sukcesów przynosi mu bezrobocie i kolejne przeszkody. Wkrótce Allen zostaje zamieszany w zbrodnie, której nie popełnił i skazany na 10 lat ciężkich prac. Kolejne lata spędza w nieludzkich warunkach, traktowany jak zwierzę.
Film obnaża barbarzyństwo ówczesnego systemu więziennego, szczególnie okrutny w Południowych Stanach.
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English description
Country: USA
Genre: Crime, Film-Noir, Drama
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
Writing credits: Howard J. Green , Brown Holmes
Director of photography: Sol Polito
Music by: Leo F. Forbstein , Bernhard Kaun
imdb.com user rating: 8.3/10 (votes: 2168)
filmweb.pl user rating: 7.62/10 (votes: 8)
Based on: an autobiography by Robert E. Burns
Plot Summary:
After the World War I, the decorated for bravery sergeant James Allen (Paul Muni) decides to quit his job as a worker in the local factory in his hometown and find a position in construction business. He travels through many states, but is not well-succeed. Without any money, he is cheated and involved in a robbery of a dining place in the southern. He is wrongly convicted to serve in a brutal chain gang system for ten years. He escapes, moves to Chicago, where he becomes a prominent citizen and superintendent of a construction business. Due to a letter of his stupid brother, Rev. Robert Clinton Allen (Hale Hamilton), his girl-friend Marie Woods (Glenda Farrell) finds his condition of fugitive and blackmails him, forcing James to marry her. He becomes upset with the situation of permanently cheated husband, asks for the divorce and she denounces him to the police. During an intense dispute between the States of Illinois, asking for his pardon, and the Southern State, demanding the return of James to the prison, the brutal chain gang system is exposed, with tragic consequences for James.
Source: IMDb
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