Chain Gang

Directed by Lew Landers
1950    70m    Passed
Crime, Action, Drama
5.4
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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.
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Cast of Chain Gang
  • Douglas KennedyCliff Roberts, aka Jack Granger
  • Emory ParnellCapt. Duncan
  • William PhillipsRoy Snead
  • Don C. HarveyLead Guard Langley
  • Harry CheshireEditor Daniel "Pop" O'Donnell
  • Marjorie LordRita McKelvey
  • Thurston HallJohn McKelvey, news publisher
  • Billy LechnerEddie Jones, convict with sore foot
  • Larry SteersCommittee Chairman
  • Herbert RawlinsonSenator Holden
  • George EldredgeGuard Adams
  • Rusty WescoattGuard Yates
  • William TannenHarry Cleaver
  • Rick VallinMr. Dennison
  • Frank WilcoxLloyd Killgallen (uncredited)
  • Dorothy VaughanMrs. Briggs (uncredited)
  • Paul E. BurnsDr. Evans (uncredited)
  • William FawcettZeke (uncredited)

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