The Accusing Finger
3 reviews
Crime/Action
1h 1m
1936
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...
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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.
- DirectorJames P. Hogan
- Release17 November 1936
- Genre
- Duration1h 1m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate3 reviews
- Productions
Paramount Pictures
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

Fred Kohler
Curly-haired Convict

Ralf Harolde
Lean, Angry Convict

Joe Sawyer
Father Reed, chaplain

Paul Fix
"Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief

Jonathan Hale
Special Prosecutor

Sam Flint
District Attorney Benton

John Carroll
Dominic Petrelli, convict

Sammee Tong
Chinese-American Convict

Russell Hicks
Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator

Frederick Burton
The Governor

Rollo Lloyd
Dr. Simms

Hooper Atchley
Senator

William Bailey
Reporter in Senate Chamber

William Hopper
Reporter

Irene Bennett

Ellen Drew
Wife

Ward Bond
Recreation Room Guard

Harry C. Bradley
Senator

James P. Burtis
Waiter

Mae Busch
Younger Woman on Bus

George Chandler
Reporter

Ethel Clayton

Jimmy Conlin
(scene deleted)

Eddie Dunn
Sergeant at Arms

Matty Fain
Condemned Man

Kenneth Harlan
Police Surgeon

Harry Hayden
Clerical Employee

Edward Hearn
Bailiff

Ben Hendricks Jr.
Convict

Al Hill
Reporter

Fay Holden
Twitchy's Landlady

Arthur Stuart Hull
Senator

George Irving
Judge's Voice

Selmer Jackson
Medical Examiner

Marten Lamont
Convict

Priscilla Lawson
Hat Check Girl

Ralph Lewis
Senator

Arthur Loft
Convict

Walter Long
Convict

Frank Marlowe
Convict

Louis Mason
Higgins

Frank Mayo
Copy Desk Editor

Philo McCullough
Reporter in Senate Chamber

J.P. McGowan
Inner Guard

Walter McGrail
Guard

Robert McKenzie
Dialogue Restaurant Patron

Frank McLure
Restaurant Patron

Torben Meyer
Proprietor

Ivan Miller
Chairman of the Senate

Charles R. Moore
Black Prisoner

James C. Morton
(scene deleted)

Paul Newlan
Prisoner

Frank O'Connor
Deputy

Dennis O'Keefe
Reporter

Jack Perrin
Guard

Lee Phelps
Riley

Ronald R. Rondell
Restaurant Patron

Churchill Ross
Ballistic Expert

Rolfe Sedan
First Waiter

Phillips Smalley
Senator

Edwin Stanley
Fingerprint Expert

Larry Steers
Senator

Milburn Stone
Convict

Harry Tyler
Man on Bus

William Worthington
Senator
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