20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang is an extant musical comedy film released in 1933. It was directed by Roy Mack.[1] The 20-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. It is a spoof of the 1932 film I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang.[2][3] and 20,000 Years in Sing Sing. It is a Vitaphone film.[4]
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- ^ a b "20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang". www.tcm.com.
- ^ Kozak, Erin Elisavet (January 14, 2017). "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)".
- ^ "Seven movies that mattered". Los Angeles Times. May 15, 2005.
- ^ Turan, Kenneth (June 3, 2014). Not to be Missed: Fifty-four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film. PublicAffairs. ISBN 9781610393676 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Clipped From The Daily Mail". The Daily Mail. August 23, 1933. p. 3 – via newspapers.com.