United States / Nov 17, 1936 / NR
Condemned to share the fate of man he'd doomed!
1h 1min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
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| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Thomas E. Jackson | Lead Investigator Logan |
| DeWitt Jennings | Prison Warden |
| Fred Kohler | Curly-haired Convict |
| Ralf Harolde | Lean, Angry Convict |
| Joe Sawyer | Father Regan, 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 |
| Hooper Atchley | Senator |
| Harry A. Bailey | Senator |
| William Bailey | Reporter in Senate Chamber |
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Genres
CrimeRomanceDramaThriller
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Accusing Finger |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date | 17 novembre 1936 |
| Executive producer | William LeBaron |
| Production | Daniel Keefe, A.M. Botsford |
| Writer | Madeleine Ruthven, Brian Marlow, John Bright, Robert Tasker |
| Editing | Chandler House |
| Cinematography | Henry Sharp |
| Assistant directors | James P. Hogan |
| Camera operators | Henry Sharp |
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| Additional photography | Henry Sharp |
| Production design | Hans Radon, Hans Dreier |
| Art direction | Hans Radon, Hans Dreier |
| Set decoration | Hans Radon, Hans Dreier |
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