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The Accusing Finger (1936)

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.

Release: 1936-11-17
Runtime: 61 min
Rating: 4.7 / 10
Cast
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
Sammee Tong
Sammee Tong
Chinese-American Convict
Russell Hicks
Russell Hicks
Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator