The Accusing Finger

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The Accusing Finger

"Condemned to share the fate of man he'd doomed!"

1936

1h 1m

4.7(3 votes)

Crime

Action

Romance

Drama

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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89 members

Acting

Paul Kelly

Douglas Goodwin

Acting

Marsha Hunt

Claire Patterson

Acting

Kent Taylor

Jerry Welch

Acting

Robert Cummings

Jimmy Ellis

Acting

Harry Carey

Sen. Nash

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Bernadene Hayes

Muriel Goodwin

Acting

Hilda Vaughn

Muriel's Maid

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Thomas E. Jackson

Lead Investigator Logan

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DeWitt Jennings

Prison Warden

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Fred Kohler

Curly-haired Convict

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Ralf Harolde

Lean, Angry Convict

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Joe Sawyer

Father Reed, chaplain

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Paul Fix

"Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief

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Jonathan Hale

Special Prosecutor

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Sam Flint

District Attorney Benton

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John Carroll

Dominic Petrelli, convict

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Sammee Tong

Chinese-American Convict

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Russell Hicks

Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator

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Frederick Burton

The Governor

No Image

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Rollo Lloyd

Dr. Simms

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Glenn Belt

Detective Billings

No Image

Acting

Hooper Atchley

Senator

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Harry A. Bailey

Senator

No Image

Acting

William Bailey

Reporter in Senate Chamber

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William Hopper

Reporter

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Irene Bennett

Unknown Role

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Ellen Drew

Wife

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Ward Bond

Recreation Room Guard

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Harry C. Bradley

Senator

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James P. Burtis

Waiter

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Mae Busch

Younger Woman on Bus

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George Chandler

Reporter

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Ethel Clayton

Unknown Role

Acting

Jimmy Conlin

(scene deleted)

Acting

Eddie Dunn

Sergeant at Arms

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Matty Fain

Condemned Man

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Kenneth Harlan

Police Surgeon

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Harry Hayden

Clerical Employee

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Edward Hearn

Bailiff

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Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

Convict

No Image

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Ben Hendricks Jr.

Convict

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Al Hill

Reporter

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Fay Holden

Twitchy's Landlady

Acting

Arthur Stuart Hull

Senator

Acting

George Irving

Judge's Voice

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Selmer Jackson

Medical Examiner

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Marten Lamont

Convict

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Priscilla Lawson

Hat Check Girl

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Ralph Lewis

Senator

Acting

Arthur Loft

Convict

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Walter Long

Convict

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Frank Losee Jr.

Reporter

No Image

Acting

Nick Lukats

Reporter

No Image

Acting

Frank Marlowe

Convict

Acting

Louis Mason

Higgins

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Frank Mayo

Copy Desk Editor

Acting

Philo McCullough

Reporter in Senate Chamber

Acting

J.P. McGowan

Inner Guard

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Walter McGrail

Guard

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Kitty McHugh

(scene deleted)

No Image

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Robert McKenzie

Dialogue Restaurant Patron

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Frank McLure

Restaurant Patron

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Charles McMurphy

Guard

No Image

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Torben Meyer

Proprietor

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Ivan Miller

Chairman of the Senate

Acting

Bruce Mitchell

Guard in Police Shower

No Image

Acting

Charles R. Moore

Black Prisoner

Acting

James C. Morton

(scene deleted)

Acting

Paul Newlan

Prisoner

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Frank O'Connor

Deputy

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Dennis O'Keefe

Reporter

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Jack Perrin

Guard

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Bob Perry

Escort Guard

No Image

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Lee Phelps

Riley

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Alexander Pollard

Headwaiter (extra)

No Image

Acting

Jack Raymond

Prisoner

No Image

Acting

Ronald R. Rondell

Restaurant Patron

Acting

Churchill Ross

Ballistic Expert

Acting

Frank Rowan

Reporter

No Image

Acting

Rolfe Sedan

First Waiter

Acting

Phillips Smalley

Senator

Acting

Edwin Stanley

Fingerprint Expert

Acting

Larry Steers

Senator

Acting

Milburn Stone

Convict

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Harry Tyler

Man on Bus

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Arthur Van Slyke

Senator

No Image

Acting

Suzanne Willa

Older Woman on Bus

No Image

Acting

Gloria Williams

Passenger

No Image

Acting

William Worthington

Senator

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