The Accusing Finger
17/11/1936
1h 1m



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A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investigator rival for her affections rally to find the real killer, while he is confronted by the misery of life on death row.
Cast


Paul Kelly
Douglas Goodwin


Marsha Hunt
Claire Patterson


Kent Taylor
Jerry Welch


Robert Cummings
Jimmy Ellis


Harry Carey
Sen. Nash


Bernadene Hayes
Muriel Goodwin


Hilda Vaughn
Muriel's Maid


Thomas E. Jackson
Lead Investigator Logan


DeWitt Jennings
Prison Warden


Fred Kohler
Curly-haired Convict


Ralf Harolde
Lean, Angry Convict


Joe Sawyer
Father Regan, chaplain


Paul Fix
"Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief


Jonathan Hale
Special Prosecutor


Sam Flint
District Attorney Benton


John Carroll
Dominic Petrelli, convict


Sammee Tong
Chinese-American Convict


Russell Hicks
Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
Frederick Burton
The Governor


Rollo Lloyd
Dr. Simms
Glenn Belt
Detective Billings


Hooper Atchley
Senator
Harry A. Bailey
Senator


William Bailey
Reporter in Senate Chamber


William Hopper
Reporter


Irene Bennett


Ellen Drew
Wife


Ward Bond
Recreation Room Guard


Harry C. Bradley
Senator


James P. Burtis
Waiter


Mae Busch
Younger Woman on Bus


George Chandler
Reporter


Ethel Clayton


Jimmy Conlin
(scene deleted)


Eddie Dunn
Sergeant at Arms


Matty Fain
Condemned Man


Kenneth Harlan
Police Surgeon


Harry Hayden
Clerical Employee


Edward Hearn
Bailiff
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Convict


Ben Hendricks Jr.
Convict


Al Hill
Reporter


Fay Holden
Twitchy's Landlady


Arthur Stuart Hull
Senator


George Irving
Judge's Voice


Selmer Jackson
Medical Examiner


Marten Lamont
Convict


Priscilla Lawson
Hat Check Girl


Ralph Lewis
Senator


Arthur Loft
Convict


Walter Long
Convict
Frank Losee Jr.
Reporter


Nick Lukats
Reporter


Frank Marlowe
Convict


Louis Mason
Higgins


Frank Mayo
Copy Desk Editor


Philo McCullough
Reporter in Senate Chamber


J.P. McGowan
Inner Guard


Walter McGrail
Guard


Kitty McHugh
(scene deleted)


Robert McKenzie
Dialogue Restaurant Patron


Frank McLure
Restaurant Patron
Charles McMurphy
Guard


Torben Meyer
Proprietor


Ivan Miller
Chairman of the Senate
Bruce Mitchell
Guard in Police Shower


Charles R. Moore
Black Prisoner


James C. Morton
(scene deleted)


Paul Newlan
Prisoner


Frank O'Connor
Deputy


Dennis O'Keefe
Reporter


Jack Perrin
Guard
Bob Perry
Escort Guard


Lee Phelps
Riley
Alexander Pollard
Headwaiter (extra)
Jack Raymond
Prisoner


Ronald R. Rondell
Restaurant Patron


Churchill Ross
Ballistic Expert
Frank Rowan
Reporter


Rolfe Sedan
First Waiter


Phillips Smalley
Senator


Edwin Stanley
Fingerprint Expert


Larry Steers
Senator


Milburn Stone
Convict


Harry Tyler
Man on Bus
Arthur Van Slyke
Senator
Suzanne Willa
Older Woman on Bus
Gloria Williams
Passenger


William Worthington
Senator
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