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The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987) (TV)
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31 October 1987 (USA) morePlot:
The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 7 nominations moreUser Comments:
Intense and great acting moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Val Kilmer | ... | Robert Eliot Burns / Eliot Roberts |
 | Charles Durning | ... | Warden Hardy |
| Sonia Braga | ... | Emily Del Pino Pacheco |
 | Kyra Sedgwick | ... | Lillian Salo |
| James Keach | ... | Father Vincent Godfrey Burns |
| Elisha Cook Jr. | ... | Pappy Glue |
 | Clancy Brown | ... | Flagg |
 | William Sanderson | ... | Trump |
| Taj Mahal | ... | Bones |
| Taylor Presnell | ... | George Seales |
| Paul Benjamin | ... | Big Sam |
| Bill Bolender | ... | Rayford |
| Esther Benson | ... | Mother Burns |
| Burt Conway | ... | Father Burns |
 | Charles Carroll | ... | Hobo #1 |
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Just saw this movie on VHS. I had no idea what kind of movie it was before I pushed "play", so it turned out to be a very intense movie and wouldn't let you go.
Val's character was a regular veteran, and he played it like a regular guy too, no overacting. Because the character was so real, the following prison and labor scenes contrasted greatly with the ordinary character and made them even more dramatic than in an action movie.
At times it was just unbearable to watch and I had to FF it, not because it was bad, on the contrary, because they were so good and real. Other than Val's excellently subdued performance, the supporting casts did well too.
The acting was top notch, story line was flawless, and the ending was justified but not Hollywood typical. So it's a very well done movie, worth watching it.