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The Accusing Finger

The Accusing Finger

★ 5.8/10•1936•1h 1m•NR•Crime•Romance•Drama

Condemned to share the fate of man he'd doomed!

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.

James P. Hogan · Director

Brian Marlow · Screenplay

John Bright · Screenplay

Madeleine Ruthven · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 1m
LanguageEN
Release DateNov 17, 1936

Actors

Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly

Douglas Goodwin

Marsha Hunt

Marsha Hunt

Claire Patterson

Kent Taylor

Kent Taylor

Jerry Welch

Robert Cummings

Robert Cummings

Jimmy Ellis

Harry Carey

Harry Carey

Sen. Nash

Bernadene Hayes

Bernadene Hayes

Muriel Goodwin

Hilda Vaughn

Hilda Vaughn

Muriel's Maid

Thomas E. Jackson

Thomas E. Jackson

Lead Investigator Logan

DeWitt Jennings

DeWitt Jennings

Prison Warden

Fred Kohler

Fred Kohler

Curly-haired Convict

Ralf Harolde

Ralf Harolde

Lean, Angry Convict

Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

Father Regan, chaplain

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

"Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief

Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale

Special Prosecutor

Sam Flint

Sam Flint

District Attorney Benton

John Carroll

John Carroll

Dominic Petrelli, convict

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