The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

There is no prison strong enough to hold the human spirit.

The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.

Drama

Val Kilmer

(Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts)

Sônia Braga

(Emily Del Pino Pacheco)

Charles Durning

(Warden Hardy)

Kyra Sedgwick

(Lillian Salo)

James Keach

(Father Vincent Godfrey Burns)

Clancy Brown

(Flagg)

Elisha Cook Jr.

(Pappy Glue)

William Sanderson

(Trump)

Taj Mahal

(Bones)

Paul Benjamin

(Big Sam)

Bill Bolender

(Rayford)

Esther Benson

(Mother Burns)

Bert Conway

(Father Burns)

Charles Carroll

(Hobo #1)

Ransom Andrews

(Hobo #2)

Stan Sturing

(Burn's Atlanta Lawyer)

John Mitchum

(Atlanta Judge)

Taylor Presnell

(George Seales)

Roy Morgan

(Deebo)

Bert Williams

(Police Chief)

Lawrence Parks

(Merle McBain)

Chris Mulkey

(Burn's Chicago Lawyer)

Billy Kane

(Burley)

Jerry Anderson

(Speech Chairman)

Rony Clanton

(Cowboy)

Warren Vanders

(Stuckey)

Tommy Bush

(Chicago Judge)

Bill Gratton

(Georgia Parole Board Official)

Michael Clark

(Detective #1)

George Auld

(Detective #2)

Helen Hall

(Bookstore Owner)

Pat Minter

(Trustee #1)

Joe McCaig

(Trustee #2)

Harlan Jordan

(Backwoodsman)

Julius Tennon

(Nub)

Desmond Dhooge

(Dog Handler)

Dennis Pace

(Chain Gang Prisoner)

Page Doyle

(Chain Gang Prisoner)

Charles Floyd

(Chain Gang Prisoner)

Mitch Smith

(Chain Gang Prisoner)

Richard Nelson

(Chain Gang Prisoner)

Kenneth Cooks

(Chain Gang Prisoner)

Stephen Ham

(Chain Gang Prisoner)

Clyde Hutchinson, Jr.

(Chain Gang Prisoner)

Glynn Bradley

(Chain Gang Prisoner)

L. B. Jernigan

(Chain Gang Prisoner)

Robert Callender

(Chain Gang Prisoner)

Edward C. Langston

(Chain Gang Prisoner)

Tim Hicks

(Chain Gang Prisoner)

Charles McClelland

(Chain Gang Prisoner)