Based on a true story, its style is simple, direct, forceful -- even after more than six decades.

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is a picture with guts. It grips with its stark realism and packs lots of punch.

Suprisingly no-holds-barred portrait of institutional bullying for such an early film.

Its material of social denouncement about the injustices of the penal system is powerful and moving to me due to the caliber performance of Paul Muni. [Full review in Spanish]