Storyline

Jobless and desperate, World War I veteran Robert Eliot Burns (Val Kilmer) is arrested for theft and sentenced to work on a prison chain gang. Eager to get away from brutal Warden Hardy (Charles Durning), Burns busts out of jail. Suddenly free, he woos foxy stranger Emily Del Pino Pacheco (Sonia Braga). Soon, though, the romance sours, and, without cover from Emily, Burns is left with nowhere to hide. To his dismay, he might just find himself making a return journey to Hardy's chain gang.

Plot Keywords

criminal, prisoner, prison guard, warden, cellmate, beautiful woman, rousing, tense, prison, georgia, countryside, train, prison break, crime, on the run, chain gangs, confinement, survival, quest, fall, escape, 1920s

Short Review

Remake of I was a Fugitive From a Chain Gang. Mildly entertaining but not sure how it warrants a 96% approval. Excellent performances from Charles Dunning as the warden. Willam Sanderson as a guard. Kyra Sedgwick is flat chested girl friend, apparently before breast implants. Oddly, the Portuguese wife has this swarthy almost mulatto complexion, that's not characteristic of European women.

Trailer

Streaming Service

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