The Accusing Finger

The Accusing Finger (1936-11-17)

Crime | Romance | Drama | Thriller |

4.7

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.

Directed By: James P. Hogan

Star Cast: Paul Kelly , Marsha Hunt , Kent Taylor , Robert Cummings ,

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Status: Released
Runtime: 61m
Popularity: 0.7751
Language: en

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Vote Average: 4.7
Vote Count: 3

Keywords

prison love triangle gun death row prison warden murder social commentary secretary electric chair capital punishment jewel thief assistant district attorney failing marriage prison chaplain circumstantial evidence special investigator slum doctor

Star Cast
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Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly

Douglas Goodwin

Marsha Hunt

Marsha Hunt

Claire Patterson

Kent Taylor

Kent Taylor

Jerry Welch

Robert Cummings

Robert Cummings

Jimmy Ellis

Harry Carey

Harry Carey

Sen. Nash

Bernadene Hayes

Bernadene Hayes

Muriel Goodwin

Hilda Vaughn

Hilda Vaughn

Muriel's Maid

Thomas E. Jackson

Thomas E. Jackson

Lead Investigator Logan

DeWitt Jennings

DeWitt Jennings

Prison Warden

Fred Kohler

Fred Kohler

Curly-haired Convict

Ralf Harolde

Ralf Harolde

Lean, Angry Convict

Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

Father Regan, chaplain

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

"Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief

Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale

Special Prosecutor

Sam Flint

Sam Flint

District Attorney Benton

John Carroll

John Carroll

Dominic Petrelli, convict

Sammee Tong

Sammee Tong

Chinese-American Convict

Russell Hicks

Russell Hicks

Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator