The Accusing Finger

The Accusing Finger (1936)

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

Crime Action Romance Drama

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.

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  • Release Date: 1936-11-17
  • Runtime: 1h 1min
  • Director: James P. Hogan

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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

  • Glenn Belt

    Detective Billings

  • Hooper Atchley

    Senator

  • Harry A. Bailey

    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

  • Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

    Convict

  • 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 Losee Jr.

    Reporter

  • Nick Lukats

    Reporter

  • 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

  • Kitty McHugh

    (scene deleted)

  • Robert McKenzie

    Dialogue Restaurant Patron

  • Frank McLure

    Restaurant Patron

  • Charles McMurphy

    Guard

  • Torben Meyer

    Proprietor

  • Ivan Miller

    Chairman of the Senate

  • Bruce Mitchell

    Guard in Police Shower

  • Charles R. Moore

    Black Prisoner

  • James C. Morton

    (scene deleted)

  • Paul Newlan

    Prisoner

  • Frank O'Connor

    Deputy

  • Dennis O'Keefe

    Reporter

  • Jack Perrin

    Guard

  • Bob Perry

    Escort Guard

  • Lee Phelps

    Riley

  • Alexander Pollard

    Headwaiter (extra)

  • Jack Raymond

    Prisoner

  • Ronald R. Rondell

    Restaurant Patron

  • Churchill Ross

    Ballistic Expert

  • Frank Rowan

    Reporter

  • Rolfe Sedan

    First Waiter

  • Phillips Smalley

    Senator

  • Edwin Stanley

    Fingerprint Expert

  • Larry Steers

    Senator

  • Milburn Stone

    Convict

  • Harry Tyler

    Man on Bus

  • Arthur Van Slyke

    Senator

  • Suzanne Willa

    Older Woman on Bus

  • Gloria Williams

    Passenger

  • William Worthington

    Senator

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