The Accusing Finger (1936)
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.
Cast
Douglas Goodwin
Claire Patterson
Lean, Angry Convict
Father Reed, chaplain
"Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief
Special Prosecutor
District Attorney Benton
Dominic Petrelli, convict
Chinese-American Convict
Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
The Governor
Dr. Simms
Jerry Welch
Detective Billings
Senator
Senator
Reporter in Senate Chamber
Reporter
Wife
Recreation Room Guard
Senator
Waiter
Jimmy Ellis
Younger Woman on Bus
Reporter
(scene deleted)
Sergeant at Arms
Condemned Man
Police Surgeon
Clerical Employee
Bailiff
Convict
Sen. Nash
Convict
Reporter
Twitchy's Landlady
Senator
Judge's Voice
Medical Examiner
Convict
Hat Check Girl
Senator
Convict
Muriel Goodwin
Convict
Reporter
Reporter
Convict
Higgins
Copy Desk Editor
Reporter in Senate Chamber
Inner Guard
Guard
(scene deleted)
Muriel's Maid
Dialogue Restaurant Patron
Restaurant Patron
Guard
Proprietor
Chairman of the Senate
Guard in Police Shower
Black Prisoner
(scene deleted)
Prisoner
Deputy
Lead Investigator Logan
Reporter
Guard
Escort Guard
Riley
Headwaiter (extra)
Prisoner
Restaurant Patron
Ballistic Expert
Reporter
First Waiter
Prison Warden
Senator
Fingerprint Expert
Senator
Convict
Man on Bus
Senator
Older Woman on Bus
Passenger
Senator
Curly-haired Convict
Crew
Director
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Producer
Associate Producer
Executive Producer
Editor
Art Direction
Art Direction
Director of Photography