John Ingram, successful oil field firefighter, is really a chain gang escapee. Someone out of his past finds him.John Ingram, successful oil field firefighter, is really a chain gang escapee. Someone out of his past finds him.John Ingram, successful oil field firefighter, is really a chain gang escapee. Someone out of his past finds him.
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
- Moose McCarthy
- (as Guinn Williams)
Lew Harvey
- Workman
- (scenes deleted)
Mitchell Lewis
- Workman
- (scenes deleted)
Ted Oliver
- Workman
- (scenes deleted)
Lee Phelps
- Guard
- (scenes deleted)
Trevor Bardette
- Southern Deputy
- (uncredited)
Willie Best
- Bunny - the Janitor
- (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
- Oil Worker
- (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
- Police Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Ed Brady
- Prisoner Worrying About Dick Tracy
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaThis film received its USA television premiere in Los Angeles Friday 16 November 1956 on KTTV (Channel 11), followed by Philadelphia Monday 19 November 1956 on WFIL (Channel 6); it first aired in New Haven CT 3 December 1956 on WNHC (Channel 8), in New York City 15 December 1956 on WCBS (Channel 2) , in Portland OR 2 January 1957 on KGW (Channel 8), in Chicago 16 January 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), in Altoona PA 15 April 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Minneapolis 1 May 1957 on KMGM (Channel 9), in Abilene TX 20 May 1957 on KRBC (Channel 9), in Phoenix 28 July 1957 on KPHO (Channel 5), in Memphis 5 August 1957 on WHBQ (Channel 13), in Miami 14 August 1957 on WCKT (Channel 7), in Tampa 1 October 1957 on WFLA (Channel 8), in Cincinnati 2 November 1957 on WLW-T (Channel 5), in Columbus 23 November 1957 on WLW-C (Channel 3), in Indianapolis 9 December 1957 on WLW-I (Channel 13), in Fresno CA 16 December 1957 on KMJ (Channel 24), in Honolulu 3 January 1958 on KHVH (Channel 13), and in San Francisco 20 January 1958 on KGO (Channel 7).
- GoofsWhen John returns home after escaping, he pulls down the shade on the window over the kitchen sink, but leaves it a few inches above the windowsill, then embraces his wife. In the next close-up of the embrace the shade is fully closed down to the sill.
- ConnectionsFeatured in From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
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I Was A Fugitive from a Chain Gang - Twice
Edward G. Robinson here is a victim of "Blackmail," a 1939 film starring Robinson, Ruth Hussey, and Gene Lockhart.
Ingram (Robinson, his wife (Hussey) and his son (Bobs Watson, known as the "Crybaby of Hollywood") live in Oklahoma, where Ingram fights oil fires He's considered one of the best. But he has a secret - nine years earlier, under another name, he was on a chain gang for something he didn't do, and he escaped.
All is well until William Ramey (Lockhart), someone from his past, shows up and blackmails him, using the promise of getting Ingram cleared, since it was he who committed the crime. However, he double crosses Ingram, who ends up back on a chain gang.
Ingram decides that this time, he will do his full sentence. Things happen to change his mind.
Gritty drama with Robinson suffering as only he can. Like Bogart, he could be mean as dirt or a sympathetic character. Here he's tough, caring, and sympathetic. Ruth Hussey gives a lovely performance as his wife, and I admit that Bobs Watson was so pathetic when he cried that I cried. He became a Methodist minister but kept acting as well.
Though the acting is effective, this is a routine drama. The actors keep you involved.
Ingram (Robinson, his wife (Hussey) and his son (Bobs Watson, known as the "Crybaby of Hollywood") live in Oklahoma, where Ingram fights oil fires He's considered one of the best. But he has a secret - nine years earlier, under another name, he was on a chain gang for something he didn't do, and he escaped.
All is well until William Ramey (Lockhart), someone from his past, shows up and blackmails him, using the promise of getting Ingram cleared, since it was he who committed the crime. However, he double crosses Ingram, who ends up back on a chain gang.
Ingram decides that this time, he will do his full sentence. Things happen to change his mind.
Gritty drama with Robinson suffering as only he can. Like Bogart, he could be mean as dirt or a sympathetic character. Here he's tough, caring, and sympathetic. Ruth Hussey gives a lovely performance as his wife, and I admit that Bobs Watson was so pathetic when he cried that I cried. He became a Methodist minister but kept acting as well.
Though the acting is effective, this is a routine drama. The actors keep you involved.
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- May 30, 2015
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Raskidani okovi
- Filming locations
- San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA(oil field sequence)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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