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The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

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Initial release October 31, 1987
Directors Daniel Mann
Composers Charles Bernstein
Production locations Jefferson
Marshall
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About The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains


Jobless and desperate, World War I veteran Robert Eliot Burns (Val Kilmer) is arrested for theft and sentenced to work on a prison chain gang. Eager to get away from brutal Warden Hardy (Charles Durning), Burns busts out of jail. Suddenly free, he woos foxy stranger Emily Del Pino Pacheco (Sonia Braga). Soon, though, the romance sours, and, without cover from Emily, Burns is left with nowhere to hide. To his dismay, he might just find himself making a return journey to Hardy's chain gang. …

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