- Country: USA
- Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
- Release: 1950-11-01
- Director: Lew Landers
- Writers: Howard J. Green
- Language: English
- Stars: Douglas Kennedy , Marjorie Lord , Emory Parnell , William ‘Bill’ Phillips , Thurston Hall , Harry Cheshire , Fred Aldrich , Stanley Blystone , Paul E. Burns , Benny Burt
- Runtime: 70 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Chain Gang (United Kingdom) , Chain Gang , Cadenas del destino (Mexico) , Fanger i lænker (Denmark) , Cadenas de suplicio (Mexico) , Chain Gang (United States of America)
- Plot: Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts (Douglas Kennedy), masquerades as a prison guard and gets a job attached to the chain gang. Using a tiny camera in the shape of a cigarette lighter, he takes pictures of and documents the miserable conditions. The sadist guard captain, Captain Duncan (Emory Parnell), learns about Cliff's activities and has him beaten by the other guards. Roberts escapes to write his expose that brings about some prison reforms.
- IMDB:tt0042323
Chain Gang Cast · · · ALL
Lew Landers
Director
Douglas Kennedy
Cliff Roberts, aka Jack Granger
Emory Parnell
Capt. Duncan
William ‘Bill’ Phillips
Roy Snead
Don C. Harvey
Lead Guard Langley
Harry Cheshire
Editor Daniel "Pop" O'Donnell
Marjorie Lord
Rita McKelvey
Thurston Hall
John McKelvey, news publisher
Billy Lechner
Eddie Jones, convict with sore foot
Larry Steers
Committee Chairman
Herbert Rawlinson
Senator Holden
George Eldredge
Guard Adams
Rusty Wescoatt
Guard Yates
William Tannen
Harry Cleaver
Rick Vallin
Mr. Dennison
Frank Wilcox
Lloyd Killgallen (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan
Mrs. Briggs (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
Dr. Evans (uncredited)
William Fawcett
Zeke (uncredited)