The Accusing Finger

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The Accusing Finger

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

1936

1h 1m

4.7(3 votes)

Crime

Action

Romance

Drama

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.

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89 members

Acting

Paul Kelly

Douglas Goodwin

Acting

Marsha Hunt

Claire Patterson

Acting

Kent Taylor

Jerry Welch

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Robert Cummings

Jimmy Ellis

Acting

Harry Carey

Sen. Nash

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Bernadene Hayes

Muriel Goodwin

Acting

Hilda Vaughn

Muriel's Maid

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Thomas E. Jackson

Lead Investigator Logan

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DeWitt Jennings

Prison Warden

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Fred Kohler

Curly-haired Convict

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Ralf Harolde

Lean, Angry Convict

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Joe Sawyer

Father Reed, chaplain

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Paul Fix

"Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief

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Jonathan Hale

Special Prosecutor

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Sam Flint

District Attorney Benton

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John Carroll

Dominic Petrelli, convict

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Sammee Tong

Chinese-American Convict

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Russell Hicks

Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator

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Frederick Burton

The Governor

No Image

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Rollo Lloyd

Dr. Simms

Acting

Glenn Belt

Detective Billings

No Image

Acting

Hooper Atchley

Senator

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Harry A. Bailey

Senator

No Image

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William Bailey

Reporter in Senate Chamber

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William Hopper

Reporter

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Irene Bennett

Unknown Role

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Ellen Drew

Wife

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Ward Bond

Recreation Room Guard

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Harry C. Bradley

Senator

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James P. Burtis

Waiter

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Mae Busch

Younger Woman on Bus

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George Chandler

Reporter

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Ethel Clayton

Unknown Role

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Jimmy Conlin

(scene deleted)

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Eddie Dunn

Sergeant at Arms

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Matty Fain

Condemned Man

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Kenneth Harlan

Police Surgeon

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Harry Hayden

Clerical Employee

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Edward Hearn

Bailiff

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Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

Convict

No Image

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Ben Hendricks Jr.

Convict

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Al Hill

Reporter

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Fay Holden

Twitchy's Landlady

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Arthur Stuart Hull

Senator

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George Irving

Judge's Voice

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Selmer Jackson

Medical Examiner

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Marten Lamont

Convict

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Priscilla Lawson

Hat Check Girl

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Ralph Lewis

Senator

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Arthur Loft

Convict

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Walter Long

Convict

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Frank Losee Jr.

Reporter

No Image

Acting

Nick Lukats

Reporter

No Image

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Frank Marlowe

Convict

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Louis Mason

Higgins

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Frank Mayo

Copy Desk Editor

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Philo McCullough

Reporter in Senate Chamber

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J.P. McGowan

Inner Guard

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Walter McGrail

Guard

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Kitty McHugh

(scene deleted)

No Image

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Robert McKenzie

Dialogue Restaurant Patron

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Frank McLure

Restaurant Patron

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Charles McMurphy

Guard

No Image

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Torben Meyer

Proprietor

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Ivan Miller

Chairman of the Senate

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Bruce Mitchell

Guard in Police Shower

No Image

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Charles R. Moore

Black Prisoner

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James C. Morton

(scene deleted)

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Paul Newlan

Prisoner

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Frank O'Connor

Deputy

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Dennis O'Keefe

Reporter

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Jack Perrin

Guard

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Bob Perry

Escort Guard

No Image

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Lee Phelps

Riley

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Alexander Pollard

Headwaiter (extra)

No Image

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Jack Raymond

Prisoner

No Image

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Ronald R. Rondell

Restaurant Patron

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Churchill Ross

Ballistic Expert

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Frank Rowan

Reporter

No Image

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Rolfe Sedan

First Waiter

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Phillips Smalley

Senator

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Edwin Stanley

Fingerprint Expert

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Larry Steers

Senator

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Milburn Stone

Convict

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Harry Tyler

Man on Bus

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Arthur Van Slyke

Senator

No Image

Acting

Suzanne Willa

Older Woman on Bus

No Image

Acting

Gloria Williams

Passenger

No Image

Acting

William Worthington

Senator

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