Cine-Bible

Titre :

Je suis un évadé

Sortie :

1932-11-09

Note / Votes :

7.78 / 234

Genre :

Drame - Crime

Titre original :

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Réalisateur :

Mervyn LeRoy

Chef-opérateur :

Sol Polito

Musique :

Leo F. Forbstein

Histoire :

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.

Casting	Rôle
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	Sebastian T. Yale - 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)