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The Accusing Finger

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Calorie Rating: 86
Released: 1936-11-17
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 61 Minutes
Studios: Paramount Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors



Cast

Paul Kelly
Character: Douglas Goodwin
Marsha Hunt
Character: Claire Patterson
Kent Taylor
Character: Jerry Welch

Robert Cummings
Character: Jimmy Ellis
Harry Carey
Character: Sen. Nash
Bernadene Hayes
Character: Muriel Goodwin

Hilda Vaughn
Character: Muriel's Maid
Thomas E. Jackson
Character: Lead Investigator Logan
DeWitt Jennings
Character: Prison Warden

Fred Kohler
Character: Curly-haired Convict
Ralf Harolde
Character: Lean, Angry Convict
Joe Sawyer
Character: Father Reed, chaplain

Paul Fix
Character: "Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief
Jonathan Hale
Character: Special Prosecutor
Sam Flint
Character: District Attorney Benton

John Carroll
Character: Dominic Petrelli, convict
Sammee Tong
Character: Chinese-American Convict
Russell Hicks
Character: Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator

Frederick Burton
Character: The Governor
Rollo Lloyd
Character: Dr. Simms
Glenn Belt
Character: Detective Billings

Hooper Atchley
Character: Senator
Harry A. Bailey
Character: Senator
William Bailey
Character: Reporter in Senate Chamber

William Hopper
Character: Reporter
Ellen Drew
Character: Wife

Ward Bond
Character: Recreation Room Guard
Harry C. Bradley
Character: Senator
James P. Burtis
Character: Waiter

Mae Busch
Character: Younger Woman on Bus
George Chandler
Character: Reporter

Jimmy Conlin
Character: (scene deleted)
Eddie Dunn
Character: Sergeant at Arms
Matty Fain
Character: Condemned Man

Kenneth Harlan
Character: Police Surgeon
Harry Hayden
Character: Clerical Employee
Edward Hearn
Character: Bailiff

Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Character: Convict
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Character: Convict
Al Hill
Character: Reporter

Fay Holden
Character: Twitchy's Landlady
Arthur Stuart Hull
Character: Senator
George Irving
Character: Judge's Voice

Selmer Jackson
Character: Medical Examiner
Marten Lamont
Character: Convict
Priscilla Lawson
Character: Hat Check Girl

Ralph Lewis
Character: Senator
Arthur Loft
Character: Convict
Walter Long
Character: Convict

Frank Losee Jr.
Character: Reporter
Nick Lukats
Character: Reporter
Frank Marlowe
Character: Convict

Louis Mason
Character: Higgins
Frank Mayo
Character: Copy Desk Editor
Philo McCullough
Character: Reporter in Senate Chamber

J.P. McGowan
Character: Inner Guard
Walter McGrail
Character: Guard
Kitty McHugh
Character: (scene deleted)

Robert McKenzie
Character: Dialogue Restaurant Patron
Frank McLure
Character: Restaurant Patron
Charles McMurphy
Character: Guard

Torben Meyer
Character: Proprietor
Ivan Miller
Character: Chairman of the Senate
Bruce Mitchell
Character: Guard in Police Shower

Charles R. Moore
Character: Black Prisoner
James C. Morton
Character: (scene deleted)
Paul Newlan
Character: Prisoner

Frank O'Connor
Character: Deputy
Dennis O'Keefe
Character: Reporter
Jack Perrin
Character: Guard

Bob Perry
Character: Escort Guard
Lee Phelps
Character: Riley
Alexander Pollard
Character: Headwaiter (extra)

Jack Raymond
Character: Prisoner
Ronald R. Rondell
Character: Restaurant Patron
Churchill Ross
Character: Ballistic Expert

Frank Rowan
Character: Reporter
Rolfe Sedan
Character: First Waiter
Phillips Smalley
Character: Senator

Edwin Stanley
Character: Fingerprint Expert
Larry Steers
Character: Senator
Milburn Stone
Character: Convict

Harry Tyler
Character: Man on Bus
Arthur Van Slyke
Character: Senator
Suzanne Willa
Character: Older Woman on Bus

Gloria Williams
Character: Passenger
William Worthington
Character: Senator


Production and Crew

Brian Marlow
Screenplay
Robert Tasker
Screenplay

John Bright
Screenplay
Daniel Keefe
Associate Producer

William LeBaron
Executive Producer
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Hans Radon
Art Direction

Henry Sharp
Director of Photography