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.
- Released
- 1936-11-17
- Genres
- Crime, Romance, Drama, Thriller
- Runtime
- 61 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- James P. Hogan, Madeleine Ruthven, Brian Marlow, John Bright
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- 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 Regan, chaplain