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The Accusing Finger (1936)

1936-11-17 Crime, Action, Romance, Drama, 1h 1m

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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

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Paul Kelly

Douglas Goodwin

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Marsha Hunt

Claire Patterson

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Kent Taylor

Jerry Welch

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Robert Cummings

Jimmy Ellis

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Harry Carey

Sen. Nash

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Bernadene Hayes

Muriel Goodwin

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Hilda Vaughn

Muriel's Maid

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Thomas E. Jackson

Lead Investigator Logan

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DeWitt Jennings

Prison Warden

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Fred Kohler

Curly-haired Convict

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Ralf Harolde

Lean, Angry Convict

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Joe Sawyer

Father Reed, chaplain

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Paul Fix

"Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief

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Jonathan Hale

Special Prosecutor

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Sam Flint

District Attorney Benton

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John Carroll

Dominic Petrelli, convict

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Sammee Tong

Chinese-American Convict

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Russell Hicks

Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator

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Frederick Burton

The Governor

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Rollo Lloyd

Dr. Simms

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Glenn Belt

Detective Billings

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Hooper Atchley

Senator

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Harry A. Bailey

Senator

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William Bailey

Reporter in Senate Chamber

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William Hopper

Reporter

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Irene Bennett

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Ellen Drew

Wife

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Ward Bond

Recreation Room Guard

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Harry C. Bradley

Senator

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James P. Burtis

Waiter

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Mae Busch

Younger Woman on Bus

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George Chandler

Reporter

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Ethel Clayton

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Jimmy Conlin

(scene deleted)

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Eddie Dunn

Sergeant at Arms

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Matty Fain

Condemned Man

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Kenneth Harlan

Police Surgeon

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Harry Hayden

Clerical Employee

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Edward Hearn

Bailiff

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Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

Convict

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Ben Hendricks Jr.

Convict

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Al Hill

Reporter

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Fay Holden

Twitchy's Landlady

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Arthur Stuart Hull

Senator

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George Irving

Judge's Voice

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Selmer Jackson

Medical Examiner

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Marten Lamont

Convict

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Priscilla Lawson

Hat Check Girl

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Ralph Lewis

Senator

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Arthur Loft

Convict

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Walter Long

Convict

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Frank Losee Jr.

Reporter

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Nick Lukats

Reporter

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Frank Marlowe

Convict

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Louis Mason

Higgins

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Frank Mayo

Copy Desk Editor

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Philo McCullough

Reporter in Senate Chamber

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J.P. McGowan

Inner Guard

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Walter McGrail

Guard

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Kitty McHugh

(scene deleted)

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Robert McKenzie

Dialogue Restaurant Patron

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Frank McLure

Restaurant Patron

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Charles McMurphy

Guard

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Torben Meyer

Proprietor

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Ivan Miller

Chairman of the Senate

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Bruce Mitchell

Guard in Police Shower

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Charles R. Moore

Black Prisoner

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James C. Morton

(scene deleted)

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Paul Newlan

Prisoner

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Frank O'Connor

Deputy

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Dennis O'Keefe

Reporter

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Jack Perrin

Guard

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Bob Perry

Escort Guard

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Lee Phelps

Riley

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Alexander Pollard

Headwaiter (extra)

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Jack Raymond

Prisoner

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Ronald R. Rondell

Restaurant Patron

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Churchill Ross

Ballistic Expert

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Frank Rowan

Reporter

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Rolfe Sedan

First Waiter

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Phillips Smalley

Senator

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Edwin Stanley

Fingerprint Expert

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Larry Steers

Senator

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Milburn Stone

Convict

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Harry Tyler

Man on Bus

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Arthur Van Slyke

Senator

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Suzanne Willa

Older Woman on Bus

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Gloria Williams

Passenger

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William Worthington

Senator

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Production Companies
  • Paramount Pictures,
Production Countries
  • United States of America,
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