Let Us Live (1939)

6.8/10 65 min Crime Drama Thriller

Overview

When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.

Cast

Maureen O'Sullivan

Mary Roberts

Henry Fonda

"Brick" Tennant

Ralph Bellamy

Lieutenant Everett

Alan Baxter

Joe Linden

Stanley Ridges

District Attorney

Henry Kolker

Chief of Police

George Lynn

Joe Taylor

George Douglas

Ed Walsh

Phillip Trent

Frank Burke

Martin Spellman

Jimmy Dugan

Arthur Stuart Hull

Crandall (uncredited)

John Qualen

Dan (uncredited)

William V. Mong

Joe Taylor Sr. (uncredited)

Charles Lane

Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)

Harry Bernard

Auto Show Watchman (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Bailiff (uncredited)

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