Chain Gang (1950)
Release Date: Nov 1, 1950 Limited
Release Date: Nov 1, 1950 Limited
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Columbia's Chain Gang combines biting social commentary with good old-fashioned melodrama. Reporter Cliff Roberts (Douglas Kennedy) intends to expose political corruption by posing as a convict and joining a prison chain gang. While a "guest of the state," Roberts gets the lowdown on how cheap convict labor is being brutally exploited by certain higher-ups. Unfortunately, his ruse is discovered, and soon Roberts is desperately clambering through treacherous hills and dismal swamps, with police
Nov 1, 1950 Limited
Cast
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Douglas Kennedy
Cliff Roberts -
Marjorie Lord
Rita McKelvey -
Emory Parnell
Capt. Duncan -
Thurston Hall
John McKelvey -
Harry V. Cheshire
"Pop" O'Donnell -
Don C. Harvey
Langley -
William Lechner
Eddie -
George Eldredge
Adams -
William Tannen
Harry Cleaver -
Frank Wilcox
Lloyd Killgallen -
Rusty Wescoatt
Yates -
George Robotham
Reagan -
Dorothy Vaughan
Mrs. Briggs -
William Fawcett
Zeke -
William 'Bill' Phillips
Snead
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