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The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)

ALL 10/31/1987 (en) Drama, TV Movie 115 Min
  • Release
    10/31/1987
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    66%
  • Original title
    The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

There is no prison strong enough to hold the human spirit.

Overview

The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.

  1. Daniel Mann

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Yoram Ben-Ami

    Producer



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  1. Val Kilmer

    Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts

  2. Sônia Braga

    Emily Del Pino Pacheco

  3. Charles Durning

    Warden Hardy

  4. Kyra Sedgwick

    Lillian Salo

  5. James Keach

    Father Vincent Godfrey Burns

  6. Clancy Brown

    Flagg

  7. Elisha Cook Jr.

    Pappy Glue

  8. William Sanderson

    Trump

  9. Taj Mahal

    Bones

  10. Paul Benjamin

    Big Sam

  11. Bill Bolender

    Rayford

  12. Esther Benson

    Mother Burns

  13. Bert Conway

    Father Burns

  14. Charles Carroll

    Hobo #1

  15. Ransom Andrews

    Hobo #2

  16. Stan Sturing

    Burn's Atlanta Lawyer

  17. John Mitchum

    Atlanta Judge

  18. Taylor Presnell

    George Seales

  19. Roy Morgan

    Deebo

  20. Bert Williams

    Police Chief

  21. Lawrence Parks

    Merle McBain

  22. Chris Mulkey

    Burn's Chicago Lawyer

  23. Billy Kane

    Burley

  24. Jerry Anderson

    Speech Chairman

  25. Rony Clanton

    Cowboy

  26. Warren Vanders

    Stuckey

  27. Tommy Bush

    Chicago Judge

  28. Bill Gratton

    Georgia Parole Board Official

  29. Michael Clark

    Detective #1

  30. George Auld

    Detective #2

  31. Helen Hall

    Bookstore Owner

  32. Pat Minter

    Trustee #1

  33. Joe McCaig

    Trustee #2

  34. Harlan Jordan

    Backwoodsman

  35. Julius Tennon

    Nub

  36. Desmond Dhooge

    Dog Handler

  37. Dennis Pace

    Chain Gang Prisoner

  38. Page Doyle

    Chain Gang Prisoner

  39. Charles Floyd

    Chain Gang Prisoner

  40. Mitch Smith

    Chain Gang Prisoner

  41. Richard Nelson

    Chain Gang Prisoner

  42. Kenneth Cooks

    Chain Gang Prisoner

  43. Stephen Ham

    Chain Gang Prisoner

  44. Clyde Hutchinson, Jr.

    Chain Gang Prisoner

  45. Glynn Bradley

    Chain Gang Prisoner

  46. L. B. Jernigan

    Chain Gang Prisoner

  47. Robert Callender

    Chain Gang Prisoner

  48. Edward C. Langston

    Chain Gang Prisoner

  49. Tim Hicks

    Chain Gang Prisoner

  50. Charles McClelland

    Chain Gang Prisoner

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 50 , Crews : 12

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The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987) 115 Min

ALL 10/31/1987 (en)
Drama, TV Movie
  • Release 10/31/1987
  • Production
  • Original title The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

There is no prison strong enough to hold the human spirit.

Overview

The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.

  1. Daniel Mann

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Walter Hannemann, Noel Rogers, Diana Friedberg

    Editor

  4. Yoram Ben-Ami

    Producer



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