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* BannedInChina: The film was banned in Georgia for its unflattering portrayal of their penal system, which also resulted in several libel suits against the studio. Not only that, studio head Jack L. Warner and director Mervyn [=LeRoy=] were threatened from setting foot in the state for years afterward.

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* BannedInChina: The film was banned in Georgia for its unflattering portrayal of their penal system, which also resulted in several libel suits against the studio. Not only that, but studio head Jack L. Warner and director Mervyn [=LeRoy=] Creator/MervynLeRoy were threatened from setting foot in the state for years afterward.
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* BannedInChina: The film was banned in Georgia for its unflattering portrayal of their penal system, which also resulted in several libel suits against the studio. Not only that, studio head Jack L. Warner and director Mervyn [=LeRoy=] were threatened from setting foot in the state for years afterward.
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* ThrowItIn/UbranLegendOfZelda: Legend has it that the famous ending was supposed to be shot with normal lighting, but the bulbs burned out, and they decided to try to shoot it anyway. However, some sources dispute this as a manufactured myth after the fact, as the scene is described exactly this way, with the fade, in the original shooting script, finalized before shooting had even begun.

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* ThrowItIn/UbranLegendOfZelda: ThrowItIn: Legend has it that the famous ending was supposed to be shot with normal lighting, but the bulbs burned out, and they decided to try to shoot it anyway. However, some sources dispute this as a manufactured myth after the fact, as the scene is described exactly this way, with the fade, in the original shooting script, finalized before shooting had even begun.
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* ThrowItIn/UbranLegendofZelda: Legend has it that the famous ending was supposed to be shot with normal lighting, but the bulbs burned out, and they decided to try to shoot it anyway. However, some sources dispute this as a manufactured myth after the fact, as the scene is described exactly this way, with the fade, in the original shooting script, finalized before shooting had even begun.

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* ThrowItIn/UbranLegendofZelda: ThrowItIn/UbranLegendOfZelda: Legend has it that the famous ending was supposed to be shot with normal lighting, but the bulbs burned out, and they decided to try to shoot it anyway. However, some sources dispute this as a manufactured myth after the fact, as the scene is described exactly this way, with the fade, in the original shooting script, finalized before shooting had even begun.
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* ThrowItIn: Legend has it that the famous ending was supposed to be shot with normal lighting, but the bulbs burned out, and they decided to try to shoot it anyway. However, some sources dispute this as a manufactured myth after the fact, as the scene is described exactly this way, with the fade, in the original shooting script, finalized before shooting had even begun.

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* ThrowItIn: ThrowItIn/UbranLegendofZelda: Legend has it that the famous ending was supposed to be shot with normal lighting, but the bulbs burned out, and they decided to try to shoot it anyway. However, some sources dispute this as a manufactured myth after the fact, as the scene is described exactly this way, with the fade, in the original shooting script, finalized before shooting had even begun.
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* ThrowItIn: Legend has it that the famous ending was supposed to be shot with normal lighting, but the bulbs burned out, and they decided to try to shoot it anyway. However, some sources dispute this as a manufactured myth after the fact, as the scene is described exactly this way, with the fade, in the original shooting script, finalized before shooting had even begun

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* ThrowItIn: Legend has it that the famous ending was supposed to be shot with normal lighting, but the bulbs burned out, and they decided to try to shoot it anyway. However, some sources dispute this as a manufactured myth after the fact, as the scene is described exactly this way, with the fade, in the original shooting script, finalized before shooting had even begunbegun.

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* GenreTurningPoint: The film influenced practically every prison film from thereonin.

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* GenreTurningPoint: The film influenced practically every prison film movie from thereonin.there on.



* Though the film famously has a DownerEnding, the real Robert E. Burns was able to help abolish the practice of prison chain gangs and eventually had his sentence commuted.

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* Though the film famously has a DownerEnding, the real Robert E. Burns was able to help abolish the practice of prison chain gangs and eventually had his sentence commuted.commuted.

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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Robert E. Burns wrote the book based on his own experiences.

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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Robert E. Burns wrote the book based on his own experiences.experiences.
* Though the film famously has a DownerEnding, the real Robert E. Burns was able to help abolish the practice of prison chain gangs and eventually had his sentence commuted.
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* SignatureScene: "I steal!"
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* ThrowItIn: The famous ending. It was supposed to be shot with normal lighting, but the bulbs burned out, and they decided to try to shoot it anyway. However, some sources dispute this as a manufactured myth after the fact, as the scene is described exactly this way, with the fade, in the original shooting script, finalized before shooting had even begun

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* ThrowItIn: The Legend has it that the famous ending. It ending was supposed to be shot with normal lighting, but the bulbs burned out, and they decided to try to shoot it anyway. However, some sources dispute this as a manufactured myth after the fact, as the scene is described exactly this way, with the fade, in the original shooting script, finalized before shooting had even begun

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* ThrowItIn: The famous ending. It was supposed to be shot with normal lighting, but the bulbs burned out, and they decided to try to shoot it anyway. However, some sources dispute this as a manufactured myth after the fact, as the scene is described exactly this way, with the fade, in the original shooting script, finalized before shooting had even begun.

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The film was a big hit in Russia.
* GenreTurningPoint: The film influenced practically every prison film from thereonin.
* ThrowItIn: The famous ending. It was supposed to be shot with normal lighting, but the bulbs burned out, and they decided to try to shoot it anyway. However, some sources dispute this as a manufactured myth after the fact, as the scene is described exactly this way, with the fade, in the original shooting script, finalized before shooting had even begun.begun
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JamesCagney was originally cast in the lead role, but dropped out. Creator/SpencerTracy was also considered.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Robert E. Burns wrote the book based on his own experiences.

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* ThrowItIn: The famous ending. It was supposed to be shot with normal lighting, but the bulbs burned out, and they decided to try to shoot it anyway. However, some sources dispute this as a manufactured myth after the fact, as the scene is described exactly this way, with the fade, in the original shooting script, finalized before shooting had even begun.
* ValuesDissonance: Helen's "I'm free, White and twenty-one." was a common expression during the twenties, thirties and much later when racism was not only socially acceptable but the law in many parts of the country. The use of this line lasted into the sixties and even seventies.

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* ThrowItIn: The famous ending. It was supposed to be shot with normal lighting, but the bulbs burned out, and they decided to try to shoot it anyway. However, some sources dispute this as a manufactured myth after the fact, as the scene is described exactly this way, with the fade, in the original shooting script, finalized before shooting had even begun. \n* ValuesDissonance: Helen's "I'm free, White and twenty-one." was a common expression during the twenties, thirties and much later when racism was not only socially acceptable but the law in many parts of the country. The use of this line lasted into the sixties and even seventies.
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* TheDanza: Helen Vinson as Helen.
* ThrowItIn: The famous ending. It was supposed to be shot with normal lighting, but the bulbs burned out, and they decided to try to shoot it anyway. However, some sources dispute this as a manufactured myth after the fact, as the scene is described exactly this way, with the fade, in the original shooting script, finalized before shooting had even begun.
* ValuesDissonance: Helen's "I'm free, White and twenty-one." was a common expression during the twenties, thirties and much later when racism was not only socially acceptable but the law in many parts of the country. The use of this line lasted into the sixties and even seventies.

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