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."

Cast

Val Kilmer

as Robert Elliot Burns / Elliot Roberts

Sônia Braga

as Emily Del Pino Pacheco

Charles Durning

as Warden Hardy

Kyra Sedgwick

as Lillian Salo

James Keach

as Father Vincent Godfrey Burns

Clancy Brown

as Flagg

Elisha Cook Jr.

as Pappy Glue

William Sanderson

as Trump

Taj Mahal

as Bones

Paul Benjamin

as Big Sam

Bill Bolender

as Rayford

Esther Benson

as Mother Burns

Bert Conway

as Father Burns

Charles Carroll

as Hobo #1

Ransom Andrews

as Hobo #2

Stan Sturing

as Burn's Atlanta Lawyer

John Mitchum

as Atlanta Judge

Taylor Presnell

as George Seales

Roy Morgan

as Deebo

Bert Williams

as Police Chief

Lawrence Parks

as Merle McBain

Chris Mulkey

as Burn's Chicago Lawyer

Billy Kane

as Burley

Jerry Anderson

as Speech Chairman

Rony Clanton

as Cowboy

Warren Vanders

as Stuckey

Tommy Bush

as Chicago Judge

Bill Gratton

as Georgia Parole Board Official

Michael Clark

as Detective #1

George Auld

as Detective #2

Helen Hall

as Bookstore Owner

Pat Minter

as Trustee #1

Joe McCaig

as Trustee #2

Harlan Jordan

as Backwoodsman

Julius Tennon

as Nub

Desmond Dhooge

as Dog Handler

Dennis Pace

as Chain Gang Prisoner

Page Doyle

as Chain Gang Prisoner

Charles Floyd

as Chain Gang Prisoner

Mitch Smith

as Chain Gang Prisoner

Richard Nelson

as Chain Gang Prisoner

Kenneth Cooks

as Chain Gang Prisoner

Stephen Ham

as Chain Gang Prisoner

Clyde Hutchinson, Jr.

as Chain Gang Prisoner

Glynn Bradley

as Chain Gang Prisoner

L. B. Jernigan

as Chain Gang Prisoner

Robert Callender

as Chain Gang Prisoner

Edward C. Langston

as Chain Gang Prisoner

Tim Hicks

as Chain Gang Prisoner

Charles McClelland

as Chain Gang Prisoner

Crew

Michael Campus

Executive Producer

Walter Hannemann

Editor

Yoram Ben-Ami

Producer

Noel Rogers

Editor

Vincent M. Cresciman

Production Design

Mikael Salomon

Director of Photography

Vincent Godfrey Burns

Book

Diana Friedberg

Editor

Taj Mahal

Songs

Daniel Mann

Director

Michael Campus

Writer

Charles Bernstein

Original Music Composer