Chain Gang
1950 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts (Douglas Kennedy), masquerades as a prison guard and gets a job attached to the chain gang. Using a tiny camera in the shape of a cigarette lighter, he takes pictures of and documents the miserable conditions. The sadist guard captain, Captain Duncan (Emory Parnell), learns about Cliff's activities and has him beaten by the other guards. Roberts escapes to write his expose that brings about some prison reforms.
Direction Lew Landers
Cast Douglas Kennedy · Marjorie Lord · Emory Parnell · William 'Bill' Phillips · Thurston Hall · Harry Cheshire
Soundtrack Mischa Bakaleinikoff · George Duning · Hugo Frey · Louis Gruenberg · Karol Rathaus · Hans J. Salter
Screenplay Howard J. Green
Cinematography Ira H. Morgan
Original title Chain Gang
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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