Let Us Live (1939)

03/29/1939 (US) • 1h 5m

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A love more powerful than any law that man could make!

Overview

When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.

Top Billed Cast

Maureen O'Sullivan

Mary Roberts

Henry Fonda

"Brick" Tennant

Ralph Bellamy

Lieutenant Everett

Alan Baxter

Joe Linden

Stanley Ridges

District Attorney

Henry Kolker

Chief of Police

George Lynn

Joe Taylor

Phillip Trent

Frank Burke


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

death penalty

falsely accused

cab driver

fiancé fiancée relationship

criminal gang

jury trial

miscarriage of justice

1930s

criminal justice system

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