Chain Gang (1950)

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Written by Howard J. Green

Directed by Lew Landers

Running Time: 115 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1950

Rating: 12 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Black and White

Lew Landers' crusading film stars Douglas Kennedy as Cliff Roberts, an investigative journalist who gets himself a job as a chain gang guard to expose both the other guard's brutality and the corrupt use of the convicts as cheap labour. Just as he is about to go public, he's rumbled and must flee for his life through the swamps, pursued by cops and their bloodhounds.

Cast

Douglas KennedyCliff Roberts
Marjorie LordRita McKelvey
Emory ParnellCapt. Duncan
William 'Bill' PhillipsRoy Snead
Thurston HallJohn McKelvey
Harry Cheshire'Pop' O'Donnell

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