
The Accusing Finger
Crime | Romance
Release Date
November 17, 1936
Duration
61 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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.
Casts

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

"Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief
Paul Fix

Special Prosecutor
Jonathan Hale

District Attorney Benton
Sam Flint

Dominic Petrelli, convict
John Carroll

Chinese-American Convict
Sammee Tong

Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
Russell Hicks

The Governor
Frederick Burton

Dr. Simms
Rollo Lloyd

Detective Billings
Glenn Belt

Senator
Hooper Atchley

Senator
Harry A. Bailey

Reporter in Senate Chamber
William Bailey

Reporter
William Hopper

Irene Bennett

Wife
Ellen Drew

Recreation Room Guard
Ward Bond

Senator
Harry C. Bradley

Waiter
James P. Burtis

Younger Woman on Bus
Mae Busch

Reporter
George Chandler

Ethel Clayton

(scene deleted)
Jimmy Conlin

Sergeant at Arms
Eddie Dunn

Condemned Man
Matty Fain

Police Surgeon
Kenneth Harlan

Clerical Employee
Harry Hayden

Bailiff
Edward Hearn

Convict
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

Convict
Ben Hendricks Jr.

Reporter
Al Hill

Twitchy's Landlady
Fay Holden

Senator
Arthur Stuart Hull

Judge's Voice
George Irving

Medical Examiner
Selmer Jackson

Convict
Marten Lamont

Hat Check Girl
Priscilla Lawson

Senator
Ralph Lewis

Convict
Arthur Loft

Convict
Walter Long

Reporter
Frank Losee Jr.

Reporter
Nick Lukats

Convict
Frank Marlowe

Higgins
Louis Mason

Copy Desk Editor
Frank Mayo

Reporter in Senate Chamber
Philo McCullough

Inner Guard
J.P. McGowan

Guard
Walter McGrail

(scene deleted)
Kitty McHugh

Dialogue Restaurant Patron
Robert McKenzie

Restaurant Patron
Frank McLure

Guard
Charles McMurphy

Proprietor
Torben Meyer

Chairman of the Senate
Ivan Miller

Guard in Police Shower
Bruce Mitchell

Black Prisoner
Charles R. Moore

(scene deleted)
James C. Morton

Prisoner
Paul Newlan

Deputy
Frank O'Connor

Reporter
Dennis O'Keefe

Guard
Jack Perrin

Escort Guard
Bob Perry

Riley
Lee Phelps

Headwaiter (extra)
Alexander Pollard

Prisoner
Jack Raymond

Restaurant Patron
Ronald R. Rondell

Ballistic Expert
Churchill Ross

Reporter
Frank Rowan

First Waiter
Rolfe Sedan

Senator
Phillips Smalley

Fingerprint Expert
Edwin Stanley

Senator
Larry Steers

Convict
Milburn Stone

Man on Bus
Harry Tyler

Senator
Arthur Van Slyke

Older Woman on Bus
Suzanne Willa

Passenger
Gloria Williams

Senator
William Worthington
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