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Film / 1987
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Directed by
Daniel Mann
The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.
The story
The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.
Cast
Val KilmerRobert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts
Sonia BragaEmily Del Pino Pacheco
Charles DurningWarden Hardy
Kyra SedgwickLillian Salo
James KeachFather Vincent Godfrey Burns
Clancy BrownFlagg
Elisha Cook Jr.Pappy Glue
William SandersonTrump
Taj MahalBones
Paul BenjaminBig Sam
Bill BolenderRayford
Esther BensonMother Burns
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Bert ConwayFather Burns
Charles CarrollHobo #1
Ransom AndrewsHobo #2
Stan SturingBurn's Atlanta Lawyer
John MitchumAtlanta Judge
Taylor PresnellGeorge Seales
Roy MorganDeebo
Bert WilliamsPolice Chief
Lawrence ParksMerle McBain
Chris MulkeyBurn's Chicago Lawyer
Billy KaneBurley
Jerry AndersonSpeech Chairman
Rony ClantonCowboy
Warren VandersStuckey
Tommy BushChicago Judge
Bill GrattonGeorgia Parole Board Official
Michael ClarkDetective #1
George AuldDetective #2
Helen HallBookstore Owner
Pat MinterTrustee #1
Joe McCaigTrustee #2
Harlan JordanBackwoodsman
Julius TennonNub
Desmond DhoogeDog Handler
Dennis PaceChain Gang Prisoner
Page DoyleChain Gang Prisoner
Charles FloydChain Gang Prisoner
Mitch SmithChain Gang Prisoner
Richard NelsonChain Gang Prisoner
Kenneth CooksChain Gang Prisoner
Stephen HamChain Gang Prisoner
Clyde Hutchinson, Jr.Chain Gang Prisoner
Glynn BradleyChain Gang Prisoner
L. B. JerniganChain Gang Prisoner
Robert CallenderChain Gang Prisoner
Edward C. LangstonChain Gang Prisoner
Tim HicksChain Gang Prisoner
Charles McClellandChain Gang Prisoner
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