The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)
The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.
- Released
- 1987-10-31
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Daniel Mann
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 8 votes
Cast
- Val Kilmer as Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts
- Sonia Braga as Emily Del Pino Pacheco
- Charles Durning as Warden Hardy
- Kyra Sedgwick as Lillian Salo
- James Keach as Father Vincent Godfrey Burns
- Clancy Brown as Flagg
- Elisha Cook Jr. as Pappy Glue
- William Sanderson as Trump
- Taj Mahal as Bones
- Paul Benjamin as Big Sam
- Bill Bolender as Rayford
- Esther Benson as Mother Burns