The Accusing Finger (1936)
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.
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
Rollo Lloyd
Dr. SimmsRecommendations
The File on Thelma Jordon
Witness to Murder
They Won't Believe Me
You Only Live Once
Yield to the Night
Absence of Malice
Witness for the Prosecution
Ladies They Talk About
Time Without Pity
The Dark Corner
Manhattan Melodrama
They Live by Night
Shadow of a Doubt
Fallen Angel
Kiss of Death
Dance with a Stranger
The Paradine Case
Strangers on a Train
Woman of Straw
Caught