
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.
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Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 0.77 |
Directed By
James P. Hogan
Crew
James P. Hogan
Madeleine Ruthven
Brian Marlow
John Bright
Robert Tasker
A.M. Botsford
Daniel Keefe
William LeBaron
Chandler House
Hans Dreier
Hans Radon
Henry Sharp
TOP 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 Reed, 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

Frederick Burton
The Governor

Rollo Lloyd
Dr. Simms
Glenn Belt
Detective Billings

Hooper Atchley
Senator
Harry A. Bailey
Senator

William Bailey
Reporter in Senate Chamber

William Hopper
Reporter

Ellen Drew
Wife

Ward Bond
Recreation Room Guard

Harry C. Bradley
Senator

James P. Burtis
Waiter

Mae Busch
Younger Woman on Bus

George Chandler
Reporter

Jimmy Conlin
(scene deleted)

Eddie Dunn
Sergeant at Arms

Matty Fain
Condemned Man

Kenneth Harlan
Police Surgeon
Harry Hayden
Clerical Employee

Edward Hearn
Bailiff
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Convict

Ben Hendricks Jr.
Convict

Al Hill
Reporter

Fay Holden
Twitchy's Landlady

Arthur Stuart Hull
Senator

George Irving
Judge's Voice

Selmer Jackson
Medical Examiner

Marten Lamont
Convict

Priscilla Lawson
Hat Check Girl

Ralph Lewis
Senator

Arthur Loft
Convict