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The Accusing Finger (1936)

The Accusing Finger (1936)

Drama Crime Romance Thriller

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

Release Date: 1936, November 17
Directors: James P. Hogan
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Russell Hicks, Al Hill, Sam Flint, Ward Bond, Lee Phelps, Arthur Stuart Hull, Frank O'Connor, Frank Mayo, William Hopper, Torben Meyer, Alexander Pollard, Paul Fix

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.

Keywords:

murder love triangle gun prison social commentary death row electric chair capital punishment failing marriage secretary prison warden prison chaplain jewel thief circumstantial evidence assistant district attorney special investigator slum doctor