The Accusing Finger
Condemned to share the fate of man he'd doomed!
Rating: 5.8 out of 10TMDB(4 votes)
Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Brian MarlowScreenplay
- John BrightScreenplay
- Madeleine RuthvenScreenplay
- Robert TaskerScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 17, 1936
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Production
Cast
Paul KellyDouglas Goodwin
Marsha HuntClaire Patterson
Kent TaylorJerry Welch
Robert CummingsJimmy Ellis
Harry CareySen. Nash
Bernadene HayesMuriel Goodwin
Hilda VaughnMuriel's Maid
Thomas E. JacksonLead Investigator Logan
DeWitt JenningsPrison Warden
Fred KohlerCurly-haired Convict
Ralf HaroldeLean, Angry Convict
Joe SawyerFather Regan, chaplain
Paul Fix"Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief
Jonathan HaleSpecial Prosecutor
Sam FlintDistrict Attorney Benton
John CarrollDominic Petrelli, convict
Sammee TongChinese-American Convict
Russell HicksVociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator- Frederick BurtonThe Governor
Rollo LloydDr. Simms
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