20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang (1933)
20m
Running Time
August 12, 1933Release Date
20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang (1933)
20m
Running Time
August 12, 1933Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Four convicts escape from a chain gang. Shortly thereafter, changes are made at the prison, because a blue ribbon commission will be investigating conditions there. The changes include steak every day for dinner and stage shows for entertainment. After reading about this, the four escapees plead with the warden to take them back in. Or was this all a dream?
Where to Watch.
No streaming offers found
Details.
This Movie Is About.
chain gang
Wiki.
20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang is an extant musical comedy film released in 1933. It was directed by Roy Mack. The 20-minute film is about escaped prisoners trying to break back into a jail where condition have improved dramatically. The film was written by A. Dorian Otvos and Cyrus Wood. It is a spoof of the 1932 film I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. and 20,000 Years in Sing Sing. It is a Vitaphone film.