简介：WarnerBrothersclassicIAmAFugitiveFromAChainGangcomingfromabiggerstudioasitdidovershadowedRKO'sHell'sHighway.That'sapitybecausethefactthatthetwofilmscameoutaroundthesametimerobbedthisoneoftheattentionitdeserves. RichardDixandTomBrownplaytheEllisBrothers,apairofconvictsinasouthernstateprisonofunknownname.Dixisahardenedconvict,aliferwho'sabouttohaveitmadeofficialbecausehewasconvictedofhisfourthoffenseandfallsunderthehabitualcriminalact. DixhasaheroworshipingyoungerbrotherinBrownwhogetshimselftossedintheslambecausehedecidestoeventhescoreforDixbyshootingsomeonewhorattedhisbrotherout.Dumbkid,he'sluckyhemissedotherwiseitwouldbeaverylongstretch. AsinIAmaFugitiveFromaChangGangtheemphasisisonthehorribleconditionsintheseprisons,theyareeverybitasgruesomeastheyareintheWarnerBrothersfilm.Thehighlightofthefilmisamassescapewhentheentirecompoundgoesupinakerosenefire.EventhoughtheseguysareinthereforGodknowswhat,yoursympathiesarewiththemasthelocalpopulacegoesonahuntingexpeditionfortheconvicts.It'slikeeveryoneparticipatinginLeslieBanks'ssportofhuntingTheMostDangerousGamewhichalsocameoutthatyearbyRKO. IwaspleasantlysurprisedbythedepthsofRichardDix'sperformance.Usuallyhe'saprettystraightarrowheroinhisfilminaclassicVictorianerastyleofacting.HisparthereisthebestworkI'veeverseenhimdo,thoughIcanhonestlysayIhaven'tseenthatmanyofhisfilms. You'llseegoodperformancesalsobyStanleyFieldsastheheadguardandbyCharlesMiddleton,thephilosophicalbigamistinthejointforthesame.…