
We Who Are About to Die
Drama | Crime
Release Date
January 8, 1937
Duration
81 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.
Casts

Steven Mathews
Preston Foster

Connie Stewart
Ann Dvorak

John Thompson
John Beal

Bright Boy Schultz
Ray Mayer

Slim Tolliver
Gordon Jones

MacAndrews
Russell Hopton

Nick Trotti
J. Carrol Naish

Tip Fuller
Paul Hurst

Clyde Beasley
Frank Jenks

Jerry Daley
John Wray

M.L. Carter
Frank M. Thomas

John Barkley
Barnett Parker

Kwong
Willie Fung

Joe Donahue
John Carroll

Mike Brannigan
DeWitt Jennings

Warden Lawton
Landers Stevens

Macy
John 'Skins' Miller

Prison Chaplain
Howard Hickman

Detective Mitchell
Robert Emmett O'Connor

Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
Oscar Apfel

Policeman Passenger (uncredited)
William Bailey

Airport Porter (uncredited)
Willie Best

Plainclothesman with Rifle (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone

Agitated Citizen in Mob (uncredited)
Harry Bowen

Worker Throwing Stone (uncredited)
Ed Brady

Hit-and-Run Victim (uncredited)
Sonny Bupp

Charlie Gaunt (uncredited)
William Burress

Police Lab Technician (uncredited)
Ralph Byrd

Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler

Dr. Hedges (uncredited)
Wallis Clark

Guard in Visitor's Room (uncredited)
Frank Fanning

Police Officer Johnson (uncredited)
Jim Farley

Reporter (uncredited)
Jerry Fletcher

Police Driver (uncredited)
Eddie Hart

Blake's Associate (uncredited)
Dell Henderson

Convict (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

Reporter (uncredited)
Al Herman

District Attorney Knight (uncredited)
Russell Hicks

Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt

Ed Stanley (uncredited)
Edward Keane

Agitated Citizen at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)
Donald Kerr

Judge (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint

Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas

Prison Lab Technician (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe

Death-Row Captain Harris (uncredited)
Tom McGuire

Prison Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited)
Bruce Mitchell

Guard Escorting Kwong to Gallows (uncredited)
Philip Morris

Convict Making Noise with Cup (uncredited)
Jack Perry

Black Convict (uncredited)
George H. Reed

Man in District Attorney's Office (uncredited)
Larry Steers

Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan

Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Richard Tucker

Plainclothesman Finding Gun (uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift

Convict (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent

Prison Lieutenant (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan

Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)
Max Wagner

Travel Bureau Customer (uncredited)
Ethel Wales

The Governor (uncredited)
Walter Walker

Martin Blake (uncredited)
Bryant Washburn
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