The making and influence of I am a fugitive from a chain gang /

Robert E. Burns, a World War I veteran coerced into taking part in a petty crime, was sentenced to hard labor on a chain gang in 1922. This book traces the making and influence of the film, which launched a string of imitators, and the Burns brothers' efforts to obtain a pardon for Robert, whic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nollen, Scott Allen (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Subjects:	I am a fugitive from a chain gang (Motion picture) Burns, Robert Elliott > Film adaptations. Burns, Robert Elliott. > I am a fugitive from a Georgia chain gang. Imprisonment in motion pictures. Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures.

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Summary:	Robert E. Burns, a World War I veteran coerced into taking part in a petty crime, was sentenced to hard labor on a chain gang in 1922. This book traces the making and influence of the film, which launched a string of imitators, and the Burns brothers' efforts to obtain a pardon for Robert, which never came.
Physical Description:	vii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780786466771 0786466774