I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

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crime drama film film pre-Code film

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film, based on a true story, that exposed the brutal realities of Southern chain gangs and became a landmark in socially conscious cinema.

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Label	Occurrences
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang canonical	6
I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2436625 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Context triple: [Mervyn LeRoy, notableWork, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang]

A. Tombstone Blues
"Tombstone Blues" is a fast-paced, surreal, electric blues-rock song by Bob Dylan, known for its dense, visionary lyrics and prominent placement on his landmark 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited.
B. The Defiant Ones
The Defiant Ones is a 1958 American drama film about two escaped convicts—one Black and one white—chained together, noted for its powerful exploration of racism and its acclaimed performances.
C. Folsom Prison Blues
Folsom Prison Blues is a classic country song by Johnny Cash, famous for its gritty prison narrative and iconic line about shooting a man in Reno "just to watch him die."
D. Blues for Mister Charlie
Blues for Mister Charlie is a 1964 stage play by James Baldwin that confronts racism and injustice in the American South, loosely inspired by the murder of Emmett Till.
E. I’m Goin’ Down
"I'm Goin' Down" is a song by Bruce Springsteen, featured on his 1984 album *Born in the U.S.A.*.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Target entity description: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film, based on a true story, that exposed the brutal realities of Southern chain gangs and became a landmark in socially conscious cinema.

A. Tombstone Blues
"Tombstone Blues" is a fast-paced, surreal, electric blues-rock song by Bob Dylan, known for its dense, visionary lyrics and prominent placement on his landmark 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited.
B. The Defiant Ones
The Defiant Ones is a 1958 American drama film about two escaped convicts—one Black and one white—chained together, noted for its powerful exploration of racism and its acclaimed performances.
C. Folsom Prison Blues
Folsom Prison Blues is a classic country song by Johnny Cash, famous for its gritty prison narrative and iconic line about shooting a man in Reno "just to watch him die."
D. Blues for Mister Charlie
Blues for Mister Charlie is a 1964 stage play by James Baldwin that confronts racism and injustice in the American South, loosely inspired by the murder of Emmett Till.
E. I’m Goin’ Down
"I'm Goin' Down" is a song by Bruce Springsteen, featured on his 1984 album *Born in the U.S.A.*.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crime drama film ⓘ film ⓘ pre-Code film ⓘ
basedOn	I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! true story of Robert Elliott Burns ⓘ
blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
cinemaMovement	socially conscious cinema ⓘ
cinematographer	Salvatore Polito ⓘ surface form: Sol Polito
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Mervyn LeRoy ⓘ
distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
editor	William Holmes ⓘ
era	pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ
genre	crime drama ⓘ prison film ⓘ social problem film ⓘ
hasFamousLine	“I steal.” ⓘ
leadActor	Paul Muni ⓘ
leadCharacter	James Allen ⓘ
medium	theatrical feature film ⓘ
musicBy	Bernhard Kaun ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Recording
notableFor	exposing brutal conditions of Southern chain gangs ⓘ influence on prison reform debates in the United States ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portrays	World War I veteran returning home ⓘ escape from chain gang ⓘ social injustice in the criminal justice system ⓘ
producer	Hal B. Wallis ⓘ Henry Blanke ⓘ
productionCompany	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate	November 10, 1932 ⓘ
releaseYear	1932 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	92 ⓘ
screenwriter	Brown Holmes ⓘ Howard J. Green ⓘ
setInPeriod	post-World War I era ⓘ
settingLocation	Georgia ⓘ
starring	Glenda Farrell ⓘ Helen Vinson ⓘ Noel Francis ⓘ Paul Muni ⓘ Preston Foster ⓘ
subjectMatter	Southern chain gangs ⓘ penal labor ⓘ wrongful conviction ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mervyn LeRoy → notableWork → I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang ⓘ

Mervyn LeRoy → directed → I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang ⓘ

Pre-Code Hollywood → notableFilm → I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang ⓘ

Warren William → notableWork → I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang ⓘ

Preston Foster → notableWork → I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang ⓘ

Glenda Farrell → notableWork → I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang ⓘ

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang → basedOn → I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!

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