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The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

6.719871h 55mMovieDramaTV Movie

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

DirectorDaniel Mann
WriterMichael Campus
ProducersMichael Campus·Yoram Ben-Ami

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Cast · Directed by Daniel Mann

VKVal Kilmer
Val Kilmer
Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts
SBSonia Braga
Sonia Braga
Emily Del Pino Pacheco
CDCharles Durning
Charles Durning
Warden Hardy
KSKyra Sedgwick
Kyra Sedgwick
Lillian Salo
JKJames Keach
James Keach
Father Vincent Godfrey Burns
CBClancy Brown
Clancy Brown
Flagg
EJElisha Cook Jr.
Elisha Cook Jr.
Pappy Glue
WSWilliam Sanderson
William Sanderson
Trump
TM
Taj Mahal
Bones
PBPaul Benjamin
Paul Benjamin
Big Sam
BB
Bill Bolender
Rayford
EB
Esther Benson
Mother Burns

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The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 19, 1987. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.