The Accusing Finger (1936)
Condemned to share the fate of man he'd doomed!
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.
- Date of release
- 1936-11-17
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 1m
- Genres
- Crime, Romance, Drama, Thriller
- Director
- James P. Hogan
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
The Accusing Finger is a 1936 American drama film directed by James P. Hogan and written by Madeleine Ruthven, Brian Marlow, John Bright and Robert Tasker. The film stars Paul Kelly, Marsha Hunt, Kent Taylor, Robert Cummings, Harry Carey, Bernadene Hayes and Joe Sawyer. The film was released on October 23, 1936, by Paramount Pictures.
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