The Accusing Finger (1936)
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.
Cast
Paul Kelly
Douglas Goodwin
Marsha Hunt
Claire Patterson
Kent Taylor
Jerry Welch
Robert Cummings
Jimmy Ellis
Harry Carey
Sen. Nash
Bernadene Hayes
Muriel Goodwin
Hilda Vaughn
Muriel's Maid
Thomas E. Jackson
Lead Investigator Logan
DeWitt Jennings
Prison Warden
Fred Kohler
Curly-haired Convict
Ralf Harolde
Lean, Angry Convict
Joe Sawyer
Father Regan, chaplain
Paul Fix
"Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief
Jonathan Hale
Special Prosecutor
Sam Flint
District Attorney Benton
John Carroll
Dominic Petrelli, convict
Sammee Tong
Chinese-American Convict
Russell Hicks
Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
Rollo Lloyd
Dr. SimmsRecommendations
Witness to Murder
Yield to the Night
Witness for the Prosecution
Absence of Malice
Angel Face
The File on Thelma Jordon
Shadow of a Doubt
Edge of the City
Caught
The Crimson Kimono
Kiss of Death
Fallen Angel
Strangers on a Train
You Only Live Once
The Locket
Dial M for Murder
Naked Alibi
Rear Window
The Paradine Case
The Dark Corner