The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)

Drama
TV Movie

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

Cast

Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts
Val Kilmer
Emily Del Pino Pacheco
Sônia Braga
Rayford
Bill Bolender
Mother Burns
E Esther Benson
Father Burns
B Bert Conway
Hobo #1
Charles Carroll
Hobo #2
R Ransom Andrews
Burn's Atlanta Lawyer
S Stan Sturing
Atlanta Judge
John Mitchum
George Seales
T Taylor Presnell
Deebo
R Roy Morgan
Police Chief
B Bert Williams
Warden Hardy
Charles Durning
Merle McBain
L Lawrence Parks
Burn's Chicago Lawyer
Chris Mulkey
Burley
B Billy Kane
Speech Chairman
Jerry Anderson
Cowboy
R Rony Clanton
Stuckey
Warren Vanders
Chicago Judge
Tommy Bush
Georgia Parole Board Official
B Bill Gratton
Detective #1
M Michael Clark
Detective #2
G George Auld
Lillian Salo
Kyra Sedgwick
Bookstore Owner
H Helen Hall
Trustee #1
P Pat Minter
Trustee #2
J Joe McCaig
Backwoodsman
H Harlan Jordan
Nub
Julius Tennon
Dog Handler
D Desmond Dhooge
Chain Gang Prisoner
D Dennis Pace
Chain Gang Prisoner
P Page Doyle
Chain Gang Prisoner
C Charles Floyd
Chain Gang Prisoner
M Mitch Smith
Father Vincent Godfrey Burns
James Keach
Chain Gang Prisoner
R Richard Nelson
Chain Gang Prisoner
K Kenneth Cooks
Chain Gang Prisoner
S Stephen Ham
Chain Gang Prisoner
C Clyde Hutchinson, Jr.
Chain Gang Prisoner
G Glynn Bradley
Chain Gang Prisoner
L L. B. Jernigan
Chain Gang Prisoner
R Robert Callender
Chain Gang Prisoner
E Edward C. Langston
Chain Gang Prisoner
T Tim Hicks
Chain Gang Prisoner
C Charles McClelland
Flagg
Clancy Brown
Pappy Glue
Elisha Cook Jr.
Trump
William Sanderson
Bones
Taj Mahal
Big Sam
Paul Benjamin

Crew

Director
Daniel Mann
Writer
Michael Campus
Music
Charles Bernstein
Songs
Taj Mahal
Editor
W Walter Hannemann
Editor
N Noel Rogers
Editor
D Diana Friedberg
Production Design
V Vincent M. Cresciman
Director of Photography
Mikael Salomon
Executive Producer
Michael Campus
Producer
Y Yoram Ben-Ami
Book
V Vincent Godfrey Burns