The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Drama
TV Movie
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.
1987-10-31
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Cast
Director
Daniel Mann
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
Charles Carroll as Hobo #1
John Mitchum as Atlanta Judge
Chris Mulkey as Burn's Chicago Lawyer
Jerry Anderson as Speech Chairman
Rony Clanton as Cowboy
Warren Vanders as Stuckey
Tommy Bush as Chicago Judge
Julius Tennon as Nub