The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)
1h 55m
Running Time
October 31, 1987Release Date
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)
1h 55m
Running Time
October 31, 1987Release Date
Plot.
The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.
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Cast & Crew.
Val Kilmer
Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts
Sônia Braga
Emily Del Pino Pacheco
Charles Durning
Warden Hardy
Kyra Sedgwick
Lillian Salo
James Keach
Father Vincent Godfrey Burns
Clancy Brown
Flagg
Elisha Cook Jr.
Pappy Glue
William Sanderson
Trump
Taj Mahal
Bones / Songs
Paul Benjamin
Big Sam
Bill Bolender
Rayford
Esther Benson
Mother Burns
Bert Conway
Father Burns
Robert E. Burns
Writer
Charles Carroll
Hobo #1
Ransom Andrews
Hobo #2
Stan Sturing
Burn's Atlanta Lawyer
John Mitchum
Atlanta Judge
Taylor Presnell
George Seales
Diana Friedberg
Editor
Roy Morgan
Deebo
Bert Williams
Police Chief
Lawrence Parks
Merle McBain
Cathy Henderson
CastingDirector
Chris Mulkey
Burn's Chicago Lawyer
Billy Kane
Burley
Jerry Anderson
Speech Chairman
Rony Clanton
Cowboy
Warren Vanders
Stuckey
Tommy Bush
Chicago Judge
Bill Gratton
Georgia Parole Board Official
Michael Clark
Detective #1
George Auld
Detective #2
Helen Hall
Bookstore Owner
Pat Minter
Trustee #1
Joe McCaig
Trustee #2
Harlan Jordan
Backwoodsman
Julius Tennon
Nub
Desmond Dhooge
Dog Handler
Dennis Pace
Chain Gang Prisoner
Page Doyle
Chain Gang Prisoner
Charles Floyd
Chain Gang Prisoner
Mitch Smith
Chain Gang Prisoner
Richard Nelson
Chain Gang Prisoner
Kenneth Cooks
Chain Gang Prisoner
Stephen Ham
Chain Gang Prisoner
Clyde Hutchinson, Jr.
Chain Gang Prisoner
Glynn Bradley
Chain Gang Prisoner
L. B. Jernigan
Chain Gang Prisoner
Robert Callender
Chain Gang Prisoner
Edward C. Langston
Chain Gang Prisoner
Tim Hicks
Chain Gang Prisoner
Charles McClelland
Chain Gang Prisoner
Yoram Ben-Ami
Producer
Michael Campus
Executive Producer / Writer
Vincent M. Cresciman
Production Design
Noel Rogers
Editor
Vincent Godfrey Burns
Book
Mikael Salomon
Director of Photography
Diana Friedberg
Editor
Walter Hannemann
Editor
Daniel Mann
Director
Charles Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains is a 1987 American drama film directed by Daniel Mann, written by Michael Campus, and is based on the true story I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! by Robert Elliott Burns. The film stars Val Kilmer, Charles Durning, Sônia Braga, Kyra Sedgwick, James Keach, Elisha Cook, Jr. and Clancy Brown. The film premiered on HBO on October 31, 1987.
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