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The Accusing Finger
1936, Nov 17
1h 1m
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.
Directed by
James P. Hogan
Milburn Stone
Convict
Paul Fix
"Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief
Ward Bond
Recreation Room Guard
Robert Cummings
Jimmy Ellis
William Hopper
Reporter
Marsha Hunt
Claire Patterson
Fay Holden
Twitchy's Landlady
George Chandler
Reporter
Joe Sawyer
Father Reed, chaplain
Dennis O'Keefe
Reporter
John Carroll
Dominic Petrelli, convict
Russell Hicks
Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
Harry Tyler
Man on Bus
Edward Hearn
Bailiff
Selmer Jackson
Medical Examiner
Sam Flint
District Attorney Benton
Jonathan Hale
Special Prosecutor
Rolfe Sedan
First Waiter
Rollo Lloyd
Dr. Simms
Kent Taylor
Jerry Welch
Harry Carey
Sen. Nash
George Irving
Judge's Voice
Paul Newlan
Prisoner
Paul Kelly
Douglas Goodwin
Lee Phelps
Riley
Ellen Drew
Wife
Jack Perrin
Guard
Phillips Smalley
Senator
Philo McCullough
Reporter in Senate Chamber
Jimmy Conlin
(scene deleted)
Torben Meyer
Proprietor
Frederick Burton
The Governor
Larry Steers
Senator
Ronald R. Rondell
Restaurant Patron
Frank Marlowe
Convict
Frank McLure
Restaurant Patron
William Worthington
Senator
Eddie Dunn
Sergeant at Arms
Harry C. Bradley
Senator
Priscilla Lawson
Hat Check Girl
Mae Busch
Younger Woman on Bus
James C. Morton
(scene deleted)
Frank Mayo
Copy Desk Editor
Harry Hayden
Clerical Employee
James P. Burtis
Waiter
Al Hill
Reporter
Churchill Ross
Ballistic Expert
Hooper Atchley
Senator
Ralf Harolde
Lean, Angry Convict
Arthur Loft
Convict
Thomas E. Jackson
Lead Investigator Logan
Kenneth Harlan
Police Surgeon
Hilda Vaughn
Muriel's Maid
Walter Long
Convict
Louis Mason
Higgins
Edwin Stanley
Fingerprint Expert
Walter McGrail
Guard
J.P. McGowan
Inner Guard
DeWitt Jennings
Prison Warden
Marten Lamont
Convict
Ralph Lewis
Senator
Charles R. Moore
Black Prisoner
Matty Fain
Condemned Man
Robert McKenzie
Dialogue Restaurant Patron
Arthur Stuart Hull
Senator
Sammee Tong
Chinese-American Convict
William Bailey
Reporter in Senate Chamber
Fred Kohler
Curly-haired Convict
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Convict
Bernadene Hayes
Muriel Goodwin
Ivan Miller
Chairman of the Senate
Frank O'Connor
Deputy
Ethel Clayton
Irene Bennett
Glenn Belt
Detective Billings
Harry A. Bailey
Senator
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Convict
Frank Losee Jr.
Reporter
Nick Lukats
Reporter
Kitty McHugh
(scene deleted)
Charles McMurphy
Guard
Bruce Mitchell
Guard in Police Shower
Bob Perry
Escort Guard
Alexander Pollard
Headwaiter (extra)
Jack Raymond
Prisoner
Frank Rowan
Reporter
Arthur Van Slyke
Senator
Suzanne Willa
Older Woman on Bus
Gloria Williams
Passenger
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