Movie: The Accusing Finger

Top 10 Billed Cast

Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly

Douglas Goodwin

Marsha Hunt
Marsha Hunt

Claire Patterson

Kent Taylor
Kent Taylor

Jerry Welch

Robert Cummings
Robert Cummings

Jimmy Ellis

Harry Carey
Harry Carey

Sen. Nash

Bernadene Hayes
Bernadene Hayes

Muriel Goodwin

Hilda Vaughn
Hilda Vaughn

Muriel's Maid

Thomas E. Jackson
Thomas E. Jackson

Lead Investigator Logan

DeWitt Jennings
DeWitt Jennings

Prison Warden

Fred Kohler
Fred Kohler

Curly-haired Convict

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  • 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.

  • Release Date

    1936-11-17

  • Average

    4.7

  • Rating:

    2.4 starts
  • Tagline

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

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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