Two Seconds (1932)
A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flashback, we witness a sleazy dancehall girl (Vivienne Osborne) dupe a high rise riveter (Edward G. Robinson) into marriage so she can live off of him. But when he loses his job and his marbles, she ends up supporting him with money from her side man--and misses no opportunity to rub it in his face that she's now supporting him in his emasculated state. As the animosity grows and things get more and more unbearable, he is eventually driven to desperate measures.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
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Edward G. Robinson as John Allen |
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Vivienne Osborne as Shirley Day |
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Guy Kibbee as Bookie |
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Preston Foster as Bud Clark |
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J. Carrol Naish as Tony |
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Frederick Burton as Judge |
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Harry Beresford as Doctor |
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Dorothea Wolbert as Lizzie, Cleaning Lady |
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Berton Churchill as The Warden |
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William Janney as College Boy at Execution |
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Edward McWade as The Prison Doctor |
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Gladys Lloyd as Woman |
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Adrienne Dore as Annie (uncredited) |
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Luana Walters as Tart (uncredited) |
| Directing | Mervyn LeRoy | Director |
| Writing | Elliott Lester | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Harvey F. Thew | Adaptation |
| Camera | Sol Polito | Director of Photography |
| Sound | W. Franke Harling | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Terry O. Morse | Editor |
| Art | Anton Grot | Art Direction |
| Production | Hal B. Wallis | Supervising Producer |
