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Let Us Live(1939)
Status: Released
Date: 1939-03-29
68%
13 Votes
Time: 1h 5m
A love more powerful than any law that man could make!
Overview:
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
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Movie: Let Us Live
Top 10 Billed Cast
Maureen O'Sullivan
Mary Roberts
Henry Fonda
"Brick" Tennant
Ralph Bellamy
Lieutenant Everett
Alan Baxter
Joe Linden
Stanley Ridges
District Attorney
Henry Kolker
Chief of Police
George Lynn
Joe Taylor
George Douglas
Ed Walsh
Phillip Trent
Frank Burke
Martin Spellman
Jimmy Dugan
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Overview
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
Release Date
1939-03-29
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6.769
Rating:
3.4 startsTagline
A love more powerful than any law that man could make!
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