The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

Name: The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Released: 1987
Cast: Charles McClelland, Tim Hicks, Edward C. Langston, Robert Callender, L. B. Jernigan

1987

The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.

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Performances

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Bert Conway

as Father Burns

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Bert Williams

as Police Chief

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Bill Bolender

as Rayford

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Bill Gratton

as Georgia Parole Board Official

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Billy Kane

as Burley

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Charles Durning

as Warden Hardy

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Charles Floyd

as Chain Gang Prisoner

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Charles McClelland

as Chain Gang Prisoner

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Chris Mulkey

as Burn's Chicago Lawyer

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Clancy Brown

as Flagg

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Clyde Hutchinson, Jr.

as Chain Gang Prisoner

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Dennis Pace

as Chain Gang Prisoner

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Desmond Dhooge

as Dog Handler

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Edward C. Langston

as Chain Gang Prisoner

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Elisha Cook Jr.

as Pappy Glue

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Esther Benson

as Mother Burns

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Glynn Bradley

as Chain Gang Prisoner

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Harlan Jordan

as Backwoodsman

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Helen Hall

as Bookstore Owner

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James Keach

as Father Vincent Godfrey Burns

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Jerry Anderson

as Speech Chairman

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John Mitchum

as Atlanta Judge

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Julius Tennon

as Nub

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Kenneth Cooks

as Chain Gang Prisoner

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Kyra Sedgwick

as Lillian Salo

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L. B. Jernigan

as Chain Gang Prisoner

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Lawrence Parks

as Merle McBain

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Mitch Smith

as Chain Gang Prisoner

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Page Doyle

as Chain Gang Prisoner

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Paul Benjamin

as Big Sam

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Richard Nelson

as Chain Gang Prisoner

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Robert Callender

as Chain Gang Prisoner

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Rony Clanton

as Cowboy

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Roy Morgan

as Deebo

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Sônia Braga

as Emily Del Pino Pacheco

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Stan Sturing

as Burn's Atlanta Lawyer

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Stephen Ham

as Chain Gang Prisoner

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Taj Mahal

as Bones

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Taylor Presnell

as George Seales

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Tim Hicks

as Chain Gang Prisoner

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Tommy Bush

as Chicago Judge

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Val Kilmer

as Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts

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Warren Vanders

as Stuckey

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William Sanderson

as Trump