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20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang | |
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Directed by | Roy Mack |
Written by | A. Dorian Otvos Cyrus Wood |
Starring | Jerry Bergen |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 19 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang is an extant musical comedy film released in April 1933. The Vitaphone short was directed by Roy Mack. The 19-minute film is about escaped prisoners trying to break back into a jail where condition have improved dramatically. The film was written by A. Dorian Otvos and Cyrus Wood. [2] It is a spoof of the 1932 film I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang . [3] [4] and 20,000 Years in Sing Sing . [5]
Songs include "Only Thirty Years More", "Sippin' on a Soda Pop", "Good Morning to You" and "Sing Sing Serenade", all by Cliff Hess; and "Darkness in the Delta" by Marty Symes, Al J. Neiburg [1] and Jerry Livingston.