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