The Accusing Finger
4.7
61 minutes
11/17/1936
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 List
Paul Kelly
as Douglas Goodwin
Marsha Hunt
as Claire Patterson
Kent Taylor
as Jerry Welch
Robert Cummings
as Jimmy Ellis
Harry Carey
as Sen. Nash
Bernadene Hayes
as Muriel Goodwin
Hilda Vaughn
as Muriel's Maid
Thomas E. Jackson
as Lead Investigator Logan
DeWitt Jennings
as Prison Warden
Fred Kohler
as Curly-haired Convict
Ralf Harolde
as Lean, Angry Convict
Joe Sawyer
as Father Reed, chaplain
Paul Fix
as "Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief
Jonathan Hale
as Special Prosecutor
Sam Flint
as District Attorney Benton
John Carroll
as Dominic Petrelli, convict
Sammee Tong
as Chinese-American Convict
Russell Hicks
as Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
Frederick Burton
as The Governor
Rollo Lloyd
as Dr. Simms
Glenn Belt
as Detective Billings
Hooper Atchley
as Senator
Harry A. Bailey
as Senator
William Bailey
as Reporter in Senate Chamber
William Hopper
as Reporter
Irene Bennett
Ellen Drew
as Wife
Ward Bond
as Recreation Room Guard
Harry C. Bradley
as Senator
James P. Burtis
as Waiter
Mae Busch
as Younger Woman on Bus
George Chandler
as Reporter
Ethel Clayton
Jimmy Conlin
as (scene deleted)
Eddie Dunn
as Sergeant at Arms
Matty Fain
as Condemned Man
Kenneth Harlan
as Police Surgeon
Harry Hayden
as Clerical Employee
Edward Hearn
as Bailiff
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
as Convict
Ben Hendricks Jr.
as Convict
Al Hill
as Reporter
Fay Holden
as Twitchy's Landlady
Arthur Stuart Hull
as Senator
George Irving
as Judge's Voice
Selmer Jackson
as Medical Examiner
Marten Lamont
as Convict
Priscilla Lawson
as Hat Check Girl
Ralph Lewis
as Senator
Arthur Loft
as Convict
Walter Long
as Convict
Frank Losee Jr.
as Reporter
Nick Lukats
as Reporter
Frank Marlowe
as Convict
Louis Mason
as Higgins
Frank Mayo
as Copy Desk Editor
Philo McCullough
as Reporter in Senate Chamber
J.P. McGowan
as Inner Guard
Walter McGrail
as Guard
Kitty McHugh
as (scene deleted)
Robert McKenzie
as Dialogue Restaurant Patron
Frank McLure
as Restaurant Patron
Charles McMurphy
as Guard
Torben Meyer
as Proprietor
Ivan Miller
as Chairman of the Senate
Bruce Mitchell
as Guard in Police Shower
Charles R. Moore
as Black Prisoner
James C. Morton
as (scene deleted)
Paul Newlan
as Prisoner
Frank O'Connor
as Deputy
Dennis O'Keefe
as Reporter
Jack Perrin
as Guard
Bob Perry
as Escort Guard
Lee Phelps
as Riley
Alexander Pollard
as Headwaiter (extra)
Jack Raymond
as Prisoner
Ronald R. Rondell
as Restaurant Patron
Churchill Ross
as Ballistic Expert
Frank Rowan
as Reporter
Rolfe Sedan
as First Waiter
Phillips Smalley
as Senator
Edwin Stanley
as Fingerprint Expert
Larry Steers
as Senator
Milburn Stone
as Convict
Harry Tyler
as Man on Bus
Arthur Van Slyke
as Senator
Suzanne Willa
as Older Woman on Bus
Gloria Williams
as Passenger
William Worthington
as Senator