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)
Featured review
Great start, great end - boring middle.
This film starts with a bang - literally. It also ends with a bang. You see Edward G is an oil-fire fighter in Oklahoma - and he's doing really well. Great job (if a little dangerous), great house, great wife, great kid. Trouble is he is actually a fugitive from a chain gang - and his past is about to catch up with him. A shame it does really because the scenes of Eddy walking fearlessly into fire-balls are unforgettable. A story about the lives of oil-fire-fighters would have been a lot more interesting than the rather dull blackmail leading to a return to chain gang stuff. The chain gang scenes never live up to those of the masterpiece "I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang" - but I wouldn't be surprised if Hitler got a few ideas on his slave labor camps from this film. Were the chain gangs of the thirties really this brutal? If so there were a few "war criminals" in the Southern USA.
Anyway the film drifts back to oil fires at the end - and the climax is really spectacular. It is enhanced by Ed's magnificent performance, and an unforgettable snivelling evil performance from Gene Lockhart. Both rise above the ordinary material. Also impressive is Guinn Williams, but the very talented Ruth Hussey is given little to do but look worried, and Bobs Watson is VILE as the cry-baby son. All in all good MGM entertainment, with some great sequences.
Anyway the film drifts back to oil fires at the end - and the climax is really spectacular. It is enhanced by Ed's magnificent performance, and an unforgettable snivelling evil performance from Gene Lockhart. Both rise above the ordinary material. Also impressive is Guinn Williams, but the very talented Ruth Hussey is given little to do but look worried, and Bobs Watson is VILE as the cry-baby son. All in all good MGM entertainment, with some great sequences.
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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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