About
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.
Theatrical
Nov 17, 1936
Director
Writers
Producers
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Cast
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Paul Kelly
Douglas Goodwin
M
Marsha Hunt
Claire Patterson
K
Kent Taylor
Jerry Welch
R
Robert Cummings
Jimmy Ellis
H
Harry Carey
Sen. Nash
B
Bernadene Hayes
Muriel Goodwin
H
Hilda Vaughn
Muriel's Maid
T
Thomas E. Jackson
Lead Investigator Logan
D
DeWitt Jennings
Prison Warden
F
Fred Kohler
Curly-haired Convict
R
Ralf Harolde
Lean, Angry Convict
J
Joe Sawyer
Father Regan, chaplain
P
Paul Fix
"Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief
J
Jonathan Hale
Special Prosecutor
S
Sam Flint
District Attorney Benton
J
John Carroll
Dominic Petrelli, convict
S
Sammee Tong
Chinese-American Convict
R
Russell Hicks
Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
F
Frederick Burton
The Governor
R
Rollo Lloyd
Dr. Simms
