The Accusing Finger

The Accusing Finger (1936)

Condemned to share the fate of man he'd doomed!

  • Genre: Crime, Action, Romance, Drama
  • Release Date: 1936-11-17
  • User Rating: 4.7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 1min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: James P. Hogan
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Summary

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.

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  • Paul Kelly

    as Douglas Goodwin

  • Marsha Hunt

    as Claire Patterson

  • Kent Taylor

    as Jerry Welch

  • Robert Cummings

    as Jimmy Ellis

  • Harry Carey

    as Sen. Nash

  • Bernadene Hayes

    as Muriel Goodwin

  • Hilda Vaughn

    as Muriel's Maid

  • Thomas E. Jackson

    as Lead Investigator Logan

  • DeWitt Jennings

    as Prison Warden

  • Fred Kohler

    as Curly-haired Convict

  • Ralf Harolde

    as Lean, Angry Convict

  • Joe Sawyer

    as Father Reed, chaplain

  • Paul Fix

    as "Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief

  • Jonathan Hale

    as Special Prosecutor

  • Sam Flint

    as District Attorney Benton

  • John Carroll

    as Dominic Petrelli, convict

  • Sammee Tong

    as Chinese-American Convict

  • Russell Hicks

    as Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator

  • Frederick Burton

    as The Governor

  • Rollo Lloyd

    as Dr. Simms

  • Glenn Belt

    as Detective Billings

  • Hooper Atchley

    as Senator

  • Harry A. Bailey

    as Senator

  • William Bailey

    as Reporter in Senate Chamber

  • William Hopper

    as Reporter

  • Irene Bennett

    as

  • Ellen Drew

    as Wife

  • Ward Bond

    as Recreation Room Guard

  • Harry C. Bradley

    as Senator

  • James P. Burtis

    as Waiter

  • Mae Busch

    as Younger Woman on Bus

  • George Chandler

    as Reporter

  • Ethel Clayton

    as

  • Jimmy Conlin

    as (scene deleted)

  • Eddie Dunn

    as Sergeant at Arms

  • Matty Fain

    as Condemned Man

  • Kenneth Harlan

    as Police Surgeon

  • Harry Hayden

    as Clerical Employee

  • Edward Hearn

    as Bailiff

  • Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

    as Convict

  • Ben Hendricks Jr.

    as Convict

  • Al Hill

    as Reporter

  • Fay Holden

    as Twitchy's Landlady

  • Arthur Stuart Hull

    as Senator

  • George Irving

    as Judge's Voice

  • Selmer Jackson

    as Medical Examiner

  • Marten Lamont

    as Convict

  • Priscilla Lawson

    as Hat Check Girl

  • Ralph Lewis

    as Senator

  • Arthur Loft

    as Convict

  • Walter Long

    as Convict

  • Frank Losee Jr.

    as Reporter

  • Nick Lukats

    as Reporter

  • Frank Marlowe

    as Convict

  • Louis Mason

    as Higgins

  • Frank Mayo

    as Copy Desk Editor

  • Philo McCullough

    as Reporter in Senate Chamber

  • J.P. McGowan

    as Inner Guard

  • Walter McGrail

    as Guard

  • Kitty McHugh

    as (scene deleted)

  • Robert McKenzie

    as Dialogue Restaurant Patron

  • Frank McLure

    as Restaurant Patron

  • Charles McMurphy

    as Guard

  • Torben Meyer

    as Proprietor

  • Ivan Miller

    as Chairman of the Senate

  • Bruce Mitchell

    as Guard in Police Shower

  • Charles R. Moore

    as Black Prisoner

  • James C. Morton

    as (scene deleted)

  • Paul Newlan

    as Prisoner

  • Frank O'Connor

    as Deputy

  • Dennis O'Keefe

    as Reporter

  • Jack Perrin

    as Guard

  • Bob Perry

    as Escort Guard

  • Lee Phelps

    as Riley

  • Alexander Pollard

    as Headwaiter (extra)

  • Jack Raymond

    as Prisoner

  • Ronald R. Rondell

    as Restaurant Patron

  • Churchill Ross

    as Ballistic Expert

  • Frank Rowan

    as Reporter

  • Rolfe Sedan

    as First Waiter

  • Phillips Smalley

    as Senator

  • Edwin Stanley

    as Fingerprint Expert

  • Larry Steers

    as Senator

  • Milburn Stone

    as Convict

  • Harry Tyler

    as Man on Bus

  • Arthur Van Slyke

    as Senator

  • Suzanne Willa

    as Older Woman on Bus

  • Gloria Williams

    as Passenger

  • William Worthington

    as Senator
Directing James P. Hogan Director
Writing Madeleine Ruthven Screenplay
Writing Brian Marlow Screenplay
Writing John Bright Screenplay
Writing Robert Tasker Screenplay
Production Daniel Keefe Associate Producer
Editing Chandler House Editor
Production William LeBaron Executive Producer
Production A.M. Botsford Producer
Art Hans Radon Art Direction
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Camera Henry Sharp Director of Photography

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