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We Who Are About to Die

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Calorie Rating: 114
Released: 1937-01-08
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 81 Minutes
Studios: RKO Radio Pictures, Edward Small Productions,


John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.

Director / Directors



Cast

Preston Foster
Character: Steven Mathews
Ann Dvorak
Character: Connie Stewart
John Beal
Character: John Thompson

Ray Mayer
Character: Bright Boy Schultz
Gordon Jones
Character: Slim Tolliver
Russell Hopton
Character: MacAndrews

J. Carrol Naish
Character: Nick Trotti
Paul Hurst
Character: Tip Fuller
Frank Jenks
Character: Clyde Beasley

John Wray
Character: Jerry Daley
Frank M. Thomas
Character: M.L. Carter
Barnett Parker
Character: John Barkley

Willie Fung
Character: Kwong
John Carroll
Character: Joe Donahue
DeWitt Jennings
Character: Mike Brannigan

Landers Stevens
Character: Warden Lawton
John "Skins" Miller
Character: Macy
Howard Hickman
Character: Prison Chaplain

Robert Emmett O'Connor
Character: Detective Mitchell
Oscar Apfel
Character: Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
William Bailey
Character: Policeman Passenger (uncredited)

Willie Best
Character: Airport Porter (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Character: Plainclothesman with Rifle (uncredited)
Harry Bowen
Character: Agitated Citizen in Mob (uncredited)

Ed Brady
Character: Worker Throwing Stone (uncredited)
Sonny Bupp
Character: Hit-and-Run Victim (uncredited)
William Burress
Character: Charlie Gaunt (uncredited)

Ralph Byrd
Character: Police Lab Technician (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Character: Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Character: Dr. Hedges (uncredited)

Frank Fanning
Character: Guard in Visitor's Room (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Character: Police Officer Johnson (uncredited)
Jerry Fletcher
Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Eddie Hart
Character: Police Driver (uncredited)
Dell Henderson
Character: Blake's Associate (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Character: Convict (uncredited)

Al Herman
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
Character: District Attorney Knight (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Character: Governor's Secretary (uncredited)

Edward Keane
Character: Ed Stanley (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Character: Agitated Citizen at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Character: Judge (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas
Character: Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Character: Prison Lab Technician (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Character: Death-Row Captain Harris (uncredited)

Bruce Mitchell
Character: Prison Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited)
Philip Morris
Character: Guard Escorting Kwong to Gallows (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Character: Convict Making Noise with Cup (uncredited)

George H. Reed
Character: Black Convict (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Character: Man in District Attorney's Office (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Character: Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)

Richard Tucker
Character: Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
Character: Plainclothesman Finding Gun (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
Character: Convict (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan
Character: Prison Lieutenant (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Character: Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)
Ethel Wales
Character: Travel Bureau Customer (uncredited)

Walter Walker
Character: The Governor (uncredited)
Bryant Washburn
Character: Martin Blake (uncredited)


Production and Crew

John Twist
Screenplay

Robert H. Planck
Cinematography
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction

Feild M. Gray
Assistant Art Director
Denzil A. Cutler
Sound Recordist