The Accusing Finger
movie
Condemned to share the fate of man he'd doomed!
Released November 17, 1936
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.
Cast
Paul Kelly
as
Douglas Goodwin
Marsha Hunt
as
Claire Patterson
Kent Taylor
as
Jerry Welch
Robert Cummings
as
Jimmy Ellis
Harry Carey
as
Sen. Nash
Bernadene Hayes
as
Muriel Goodwin
Hilda Vaughn
as
Muriel's Maid
Thomas E. Jackson
as
Lead Investigator Logan
DeWitt Jennings
as
Prison Warden
Fred Kohler
as
Curly-haired Convict
Ralf Harolde
as
Lean, Angry Convict
Joe Sawyer
as
Father Regan, chaplain
Crew
James P. Hogan
as
Director
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Brian Marlow
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Screenplay
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John Bright
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Screenplay
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Madeleine Ruthven
as
Screenplay
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Robert Tasker
as
Screenplay
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A.M. Botsford
as
Producer
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Hans Dreier
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Art Direction
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Chandler House
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Editor
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William LeBaron
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Executive Producer
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Hans Radon
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Art Direction
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Daniel Keefe
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Associate Producer
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Henry Sharp
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Director of Photography