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The Accusing Finger

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 Date: 1936-11-17

Original Language: en

Genres: Crime Action Romance Drama

Rating:

Popularity:

1.863

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Cast Members

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 Reed, 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

Frederick Burton

The Governor

Rollo Lloyd

Dr. Simms

Glenn Belt

Detective Billings

William Bailey

Reporter in Senate Chamber

Ward Bond

Recreation Room Guard

Mae Busch

Younger Woman on Bus

Jimmy Conlin

(scene deleted)

Eddie Dunn

Sergeant at Arms

Matty Fain

Condemned Man

Kenneth Harlan

Police Surgeon

Harry Hayden

Clerical Employee

Al Hill

Reporter

Fay Holden

Twitchy's Landlady

George Irving

Judge's Voice

Selmer Jackson

Medical Examiner

Priscilla Lawson

Hat Check Girl

Nick Lukats

Reporter

Frank Mayo

Copy Desk Editor

Philo McCullough

Reporter in Senate Chamber

J.P. McGowan

Inner Guard

Kitty McHugh

(scene deleted)

Robert McKenzie

Dialogue Restaurant Patron

Frank McLure

Restaurant Patron

Torben Meyer

Proprietor

Ivan Miller

Chairman of the Senate

Bruce Mitchell

Guard in Police Shower

Charles R. Moore

Black Prisoner

James C. Morton

(scene deleted)

Paul Newlan

Prisoner

Bob Perry

Escort Guard

Alexander Pollard

Headwaiter (extra)

Ronald R. Rondell

Restaurant Patron

Churchill Ross

Ballistic Expert

Frank Rowan

Reporter

Rolfe Sedan

First Waiter

Edwin Stanley

Fingerprint Expert

Harry Tyler

Man on Bus

Suzanne Willa

Older Woman on Bus