The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

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

• Daniel MannDirector
• Michael CampusWriter
• Charles BernsteinOriginal Music Composer

• Val KilmerRobert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts
• Sonia BragaEmily Del Pino Pacheco
• Charles DurningWarden Hardy
• Kyra SedgwickLillian Salo
• James KeachFather Vincent Godfrey Burns
• Clancy BrownFlagg
• Elisha Cook Jr.Pappy Glue
• William SandersonTrump
• Taj MahalBones
• Paul BenjaminBig Sam
• Bill BolenderRayford
• Esther BensonMother Burns