Road Gang
{{short description|1936 film by Louis King}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Road Gang
| image = Poster of the movie Road Gang.jpg
| caption =
| director = Louis King
| producer = Bryan Foy (uncredited)
| writer = Dalton Trumbo
Harold Buckley (story)
Abern Finkel
| starring = Donald Woods
Kay Linaker
| music = Heinz Roemheld (uncredited)
| cinematography = L. William O'Connell
| editing = Jack Killifer
| studio = Warner Bros.
| distributor = First National Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1936|03|28}}
| runtime = 61 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Road Gang is a 1936 American drama film directed by Louis King, written by Dalton Trumbo, produced by Bryan Foy, and starring Donald Woods and Kay Linaker. The film shows economic and social injustice due to political corruption.
Plot
The managing editor of a Chicago newspaper crusades for inmates in a Southern prison camp.
Cast
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- Donald Woods as James "Jim" Larrabie
- Kay Linaker as Barbara Winston
- Carlyle Moore Jr. as Robert "Bob" Gordon
- Joseph Crehan as Harry Shields
- Henry O'Neill as George Winston
- Joe King as J.W. Moett
- Addison Richards as Warden Parmenter
- Charles Middleton as Mine Warden Grayson
- Olin Howland as Doctor
- William B. Davidson as Atty. Gen. Marsden
- Harry Cording as Sam Dawson
- Mark Lawrence as Pete
- Eddie Shubert as Buck Draper
- Edward Van Sloan as Mr. Dudley
- Ben Hendricks Jr. as Jake
- George Lloyd as Hymie Seeball (the Gorilla)
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0028190|title=Road Gang}}
{{Dalton Trumbo}}
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American prison drama films
Category:Films about journalists
Category:Films directed by Louis King
Category:First National Pictures films
Category:Films with screenplays by Dalton Trumbo
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language crime films
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