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