20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang

20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang

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20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang

1933

0h 20m

7.0(3 votes)

Comedy

Music

Overview

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?

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Warner Bros. Pictures

The Vitaphone Corporation

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Cast & crew

7 featured cast members

Starring

Jerry Bergen

Jerry Bergen

Jerry

Novia

Jerry's wife

James Baskett

James Baskett

Helen Pickens

Helen Pickens

Herself (singer)

Jane Pickens

Jane Pickens

Herself (singer)

Patti Pickens

Patti Pickens

Herself (singer)

Harry Shannon

Harry Shannon

Creative team

Directed by: Roy Mack
Written by: A. Dorian Otvos
Cyrus Wood

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