About the film
murder electric chair
The Accusing Finger
Release Date: November 17, 1936
| Year | : | 1936 |
| Slogan | : | «Condemned to share the fate of man he'd doomed!» |
| Genres | : | Crime, Action, Romance, Drama |
| Production Companies | : | Paramount |
| Director | : | James P. Hogan |
| Producers | : | William LeBaron, A.M. Botsford, Daniel Keefe |
| Writers | : | Robert Tasker, John Bright, Brian Marlow, Madeleine Ruthven |
| RunTime | : | 61 mins. |
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.
Main Actors
Paul Kelly
Character : Douglas Goodwin
Marsha Hunt
Character : Claire Patterson
Kent Taylor
Character : Jerry Welch
Robert Cummings
Character : Jimmy Ellis
Harry Carey
Character : Sen. Nash
Bernadene Hayes
Character : Muriel Goodwin
Hilda Vaughn
Character : Muriel's Maid
Thomas E. Jackson
Character : Lead Investigator Logan
DeWitt Jennings
Character : Prison Warden
Fred Kohler
Character : Curly-haired Convict
Ralf Harolde
Character : Lean, Angry Convict
Joe Sawyer
Character : Father Reed, chaplain
Paul Fix
Character : "Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief
Jonathan Hale
Character : Special Prosecutor
Sam Flint
Character : District Attorney Benton
John Carroll
Character : Dominic Petrelli, convict
Sammee Tong
Character : Chinese-American Convict
Russell Hicks
Character : Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
Frederick Burton
Character : The Governor
Rollo Lloyd
Character : Dr. Simms
Glenn Belt
Character : Detective Billings
Hooper Atchley
Character : Senator
Harry A. Bailey
Character : Senator
William Bailey
Character : Reporter in Senate Chamber
William Hopper
Character : Reporter
Irene Bennett
Character :
Ellen Drew
Character : Wife
Ward Bond
Character : Recreation Room Guard
Harry C. Bradley
Character : Senator
James P. Burtis
Character : Waiter
Mae Busch
Character : Younger Woman on Bus
George Chandler
Character : Reporter
Ethel Clayton
Character :
Jimmy Conlin
Character : (scene deleted)
Eddie Dunn
Character : Sergeant at Arms
Matty Fain
Character : Condemned Man
Kenneth Harlan
Character : Police Surgeon
Harry Hayden
Character : Clerical Employee
Edward Hearn
Character : Bailiff
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Character : Convict
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Character : Convict
Al Hill
Character : Reporter
Fay Holden
Character : Twitchy's Landlady
Arthur Stuart Hull
Character : Senator
George Irving
Character : Judge's Voice
Selmer Jackson
Character : Medical Examiner
Marten Lamont
Character : Convict
Priscilla Lawson
Character : Hat Check Girl
Ralph Lewis
Character : Senator
Arthur Loft
Character : Convict
Walter Long
Character : Convict
Frank Losee Jr.
Character : Reporter
Nick Lukats
Character : Reporter
Frank Marlowe
Character : Convict
Louis Mason
Character : Higgins
Frank Mayo
Character : Copy Desk Editor
Philo McCullough
Character : Reporter in Senate Chamber
J.P. McGowan
Character : Inner Guard
Walter McGrail
Character : Guard
Kitty McHugh
Character : (scene deleted)
Robert McKenzie
Character : Dialogue Restaurant Patron
Frank McLure
Character : Restaurant Patron
Charles McMurphy
Character : Guard
Torben Meyer
Character : Proprietor
Ivan Miller
Character : Chairman of the Senate
Bruce Mitchell
Character : Guard in Police Shower
Charles R. Moore
Character : Black Prisoner
James C. Morton
Character : (scene deleted)
Paul Newlan
Character : Prisoner
Frank O'Connor
Character : Deputy
Dennis O'Keefe
Character : Reporter
Jack Perrin
Character : Guard
Bob Perry
Character : Escort Guard
Lee Phelps
Character : Riley
Alexander Pollard
Character : Headwaiter (extra)
Jack Raymond
Character : Prisoner
Ronald R. Rondell
Character : Restaurant Patron
Churchill Ross
Character : Ballistic Expert
Frank Rowan
Character : Reporter
Rolfe Sedan
Character : First Waiter
Phillips Smalley
Character : Senator
Edwin Stanley
Character : Fingerprint Expert
Larry Steers
Character : Senator
Milburn Stone
Character : Convict
Harry Tyler
Character : Man on Bus
Arthur Van Slyke
Character : Senator
Suzanne Willa
Character : Older Woman on Bus
Gloria Williams
Character : Passenger
William Worthington
Character : Senator
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