Comedy ·Music · United States of America · 1933 · 20m

20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang

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Director

Cast

Jerry Bergen as Jerry Novia as Jerry's wife James Baskett as Helen Pickens as Herself (singer) Jane Pickens as Herself (singer) Patti Pickens as Herself (singer)

Crew

Edwin B. DuPar — Director of Photography A. Dorian Otvos — Story Cyrus Wood — Story

Synopsis

Four convicts escape from a chain gang. Shortly thereafter, changes are made at the prison, because a blue ribbon commission will be investigating conditions there. The changes include steak every day for dinner and stage shows for entertainment. After reading about this, the four escapees plead with the warden to take them back in. Or was this all a dream?

Mood & Themes

chain gang

Key Collaborators

Roy Mack Director Edwin B. DuPar Director of Photography A. Dorian Otvos Story Cyrus Wood Story

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