The Accusing Finger (1936)

11/17/1936 (US) • 1h 1m

Crime, Romance, Drama, Thriller

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Paul Kelly

Douglas Goodwin

Marsha Hunt

Claire Patterson

Kent Taylor

Jerry Welch

Robert Cummings

Jimmy Ellis

Harry Carey

Sen. Nash

Bernadene Hayes

Muriel Goodwin

Hilda Vaughn

Muriel's Maid

Thomas E. Jackson

Lead Investigator Logan

DeWitt Jennings

Prison Warden


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

prison

love triangle

gun

death row

prison warden

murder

social commentary

secretary

electric chair

capital punishment

jewel thief

assistant district attorney

failing marriage

prison chaplain

circumstantial evidence

special investigator

slum doctor

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