Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: It’s a Universal Picture

Cast: Pat O’Brien, Gloria Stuart, Clarence Muse
One of the greatest but least-celebrated movies of the early 30s follows railroad engineer Barney (O’Brien) who escapes from a chain gang after being sentenced for murder. Barney wanders onto a bleak, depression-era landscape where redemption possibly lies in his relationship with another lost soul (Stuart).