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