The final fade came as an accident. Director Mervyn LeRoy had planned to go to a blackout after the final line. During rehearsals, a light blew, taking the fuse with it. The resultant slow fade, starting just before the final line, was so powerful that Leroy decided to shoot the film exactly that way.
Atlanta, Georgia - Monday, October 10, 1939: Action bought by Vivian Stanley, a member of the Prison Commission of the State of Georgia, against Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., Vitagraph, Inc. and local exhibitors, Wilby and Holden, was won by the defendants when a verdict was rendered in the latter's favor in the Superior Court of Fulton County here. Plaintiff brought the suits trial of which commenced some three weeks ago, for $100,000 charging libel because of the content of the (1932) Warner feature, "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang."
Cast of I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang
Paul Muni as James Allen
Glenda Farrell as Marie
Helen Vinson as Helen
Noel Francis as Linda
Preston Foster as Pete
Allen Jenkins as Barney Sykes
Berton Churchill as The Judge
Edward Ellis as Bomber Wells
David Landau as The Warden
Hale Hamilton as Reverend Allen
Glenda Farrell as Marie
Helen Vinson as Helen
Noel Francis as Linda
Preston Foster as Pete
Allen Jenkins as Barney Sykes
Berton Churchill as The Judge
Edward Ellis as Bomber Wells
David Landau as The Warden
Hale Hamilton as Reverend Allen
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