The Accusing Finger
# Condemned to share the fate of man he'd doomed!
π 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.
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1936-11-17
β Running Time:
61 mins
β Vote Average:
4.7
Beloved Cast
Douglas Goodwin
Paul Kelly
Claire Patterson
Marsha Hunt
Jerry Welch
Kent Taylor
Jimmy Ellis
Robert Cummings
Sen. Nash
Harry Carey
Muriel Goodwin
Bernadene Hayes
Muriel's Maid
Hilda Vaughn
Lead Investigator Logan
Thomas E. Jackson
Prison Warden
DeWitt Jennings
Curly-haired Convict
Fred Kohler
Lean, Angry Convict
Ralf Harolde
Father Reed, chaplain
Joe Sawyer
"Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief
Paul Fix
Special Prosecutor
Jonathan Hale
District Attorney Benton
Sam Flint
Dominic Petrelli, convict
John Carroll
Chinese-American Convict
Sammee Tong
Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
Russell Hicks
The Governor
Frederick Burton
Dr. Simms
Rollo Lloyd
Detective Billings
Glenn Belt
Senator
Hooper Atchley
Senator
Harry A. Bailey
Reporter in Senate Chamber
William Bailey
Reporter
William Hopper
Irene Bennett
Wife
Ellen Drew
Recreation Room Guard
Ward Bond
Senator
Harry C. Bradley
Waiter
James P. Burtis
Younger Woman on Bus
Mae Busch
Reporter
George Chandler
Ethel Clayton
(scene deleted)
Jimmy Conlin
Sergeant at Arms
Eddie Dunn
Condemned Man
Matty Fain
Police Surgeon
Kenneth Harlan
Clerical Employee
Harry Hayden
Bailiff
Edward Hearn
Convict
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Convict
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Reporter
Al Hill
Twitchy's Landlady
Fay Holden
Senator
Arthur Stuart Hull
Judge's Voice
George Irving
Medical Examiner
Selmer Jackson
Convict
Marten Lamont
Hat Check Girl
Priscilla Lawson
Senator
Ralph Lewis
Convict
Arthur Loft
Convict
Walter Long
Reporter
Frank Losee Jr.
Reporter
Nick Lukats
Convict
Frank Marlowe
Higgins
Louis Mason
Copy Desk Editor
Frank Mayo
Reporter in Senate Chamber
Philo McCullough
Inner Guard
J.P. McGowan
Guard
Walter McGrail
(scene deleted)
Kitty McHugh
Dialogue Restaurant Patron
Robert McKenzie
Restaurant Patron
Frank McLure
Guard
Charles McMurphy
Proprietor
Torben Meyer
Chairman of the Senate
Ivan Miller
Guard in Police Shower
Bruce Mitchell
Black Prisoner
Charles R. Moore
(scene deleted)
James C. Morton
Prisoner
Paul Newlan
Deputy
Frank O'Connor
Reporter
Dennis O'Keefe
Guard
Jack Perrin
Escort Guard
Bob Perry
Riley
Lee Phelps
Headwaiter (extra)
Alexander Pollard
Prisoner
Jack Raymond
Restaurant Patron
Ronald R. Rondell
Ballistic Expert
Churchill Ross
Reporter
Frank Rowan
First Waiter
Rolfe Sedan
Senator
Phillips Smalley
Fingerprint Expert
Edwin Stanley
Senator
Larry Steers
Convict
Milburn Stone
Man on Bus
Harry Tyler
Senator
Arthur Van Slyke
Older Woman on Bus
Suzanne Willa
Passenger
Gloria Williams
Senator
William Worthington