A World War I veteran and aspiring engineer tries to re-enter civilian life. After being unwillingly caught up in a robbery, he suffers the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, struggling to clear his name and prove his worth.
Is this for you? If you want a light, breezy night in, stay away. This movie is a gut punch from start to finish. If you like stories about people fighting against a rigged system, though, you have to see it. It’s got a real weight to it that a lot of modern stuff just misses. ⛓️ Paul Muni is honestly kind of scary he...
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"Is this for you? If you want a light, breezy night in, stay away. This movie is a gut punch from start to finish. If you like stories about people fighting against a rigged system, though, you have to see it. It’s got a real weight to it that a lot of modern stuff just misses. ⛓️ Paul Muni is honestly kind of scary here. Not because he’s a villain, but because you watch his eyes change as the hope drains out of him. By the end, he’s just a ghost of the guy he started as. The mud and the chains..."
Brown Holmes, Sheridan Gibney, Robert E. Burns, Howard J. Green
United States
Film-Noir, Crime, Drama
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