The Accusing Finger

Nov 17, 1936

1h 1m

★ 4.7

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.

Genres

Crime

Romance

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Douglas Goodwin

Paul Kelly

Claire Patterson

Marsha Hunt

Jerry Welch

Kent Taylor

Jimmy Ellis

Robert Cummings

Sen. Nash

Harry Carey

Muriel Goodwin

Bernadene Hayes

Muriel's Maid

Hilda Vaughn

Lead Investigator Logan

Thomas E. Jackson

Prison Warden

DeWitt Jennings

Curly-haired Convict

Fred Kohler

Lean, Angry Convict

Ralf Harolde

Father Regan, chaplain

Joe Sawyer

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