

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)
The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.
Cast

Val Kilmer
Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts

Sônia Braga
Emily Del Pino Pacheco

Charles Durning
Warden Hardy

Kyra Sedgwick
Lillian Salo

James Keach
Father Vincent Godfrey Burns

Clancy Brown
Flagg

Elisha Cook Jr.
Pappy Glue

William Sanderson
Trump

Taj Mahal
Bones

Paul Benjamin
Big Sam

Bill Bolender
Rayford

Charles Carroll
Hobo #1

John Mitchum
Atlanta Judge

Chris Mulkey
Burn's Chicago Lawyer

Jerry Anderson
Speech Chairman

Warren Vanders
Stuckey

Tommy Bush
Chicago Judge

Julius Tennon
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