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