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.
Acting
Paul Muni's haunted eyes carry the whole damn thing.
Direction
LeRoy makes 92 minutes feel like a life sentence.
Writing
That ending — two whispered words that destroy you.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
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
Willard Robertson
Prison Board Chairman
Robert McWade
F.E. Ramsey
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