Unchained (1955)

19551h 13mdir. Hall BartlettUnited Statescrime filmprison film

With Elroy Hirsch, Barbara Hale, Chester Morris, Todd Duncan, Johnnie Johnston, Peggy Knudsen, Jerry Paris, John Qualen

Directed by Hall Bartlett

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Unchained is a 1955 prison film written, produced and directed by Hall Bartlett (the first film directed by Bartlett) and starring Elroy Hirsch, Barbara Hale, Chester Morris, Todd Duncan, and Johnny Johnston. Based on the non-fiction book Prisoners are People by Kenyon J. Scudder, it is most remembered for its theme song, "Unchained Melody".

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