The Accusing Finger

The Accusing Finger

61 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Romance | Nov. 17, 1936

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.

The Accusing Finger

61 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Romance | Nov. 17, 1936

The Accusing Finger
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.
Producers Paramount
Original title The Accusing Finger
Directors James P. Hogan
Writers Madeleine Ruthven, Brian Marlow, John Bright, Robert Tasker

Cast

Paul Kelly

as Douglas Goodwin

Marsha Hunt

as Claire Patterson

Kent Taylor

as Jerry Welch

Robert Cummings

as Jimmy Ellis

Harry Carey

as Sen. Nash

Bernadene Hayes

as Muriel Goodwin

Hilda Vaughn

as Muriel's Maid

Thomas E. Jackson

as Lead Investigator Logan

DeWitt Jennings

as Prison Warden

Fred Kohler

as Curly-haired Convict

Ralf Harolde

as Lean, Angry Convict

Joe Sawyer

as Father Reed, chaplain

Paul Fix

as "Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief

Jonathan Hale

as Special Prosecutor

Sam Flint

as District Attorney Benton

John Carroll

as Dominic Petrelli, convict

Sammee Tong

as Chinese-American Convict

Russell Hicks

as Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator

Frederick Burton

as The Governor

Rollo Lloyd

as Dr. Simms

Glenn Belt

as Detective Billings

Hooper Atchley

as Senator

Harry A. Bailey

as Senator

William Bailey

as Reporter in Senate Chamber

William Hopper

as Reporter

Ellen Drew

as Wife

Ward Bond

as Recreation Room Guard

Harry C. Bradley

as Senator

James P. Burtis

as Waiter

Mae Busch

as Younger Woman on Bus

George Chandler

as Reporter

Jimmy Conlin

as (scene deleted)

Eddie Dunn

as Sergeant at Arms

Matty Fain

as Condemned Man

Kenneth Harlan

as Police Surgeon

Harry Hayden

as Clerical Employee

Edward Hearn

as Bailiff

Ben Hendricks Jr.

as Convict

Al Hill

as Reporter

Fay Holden

as Twitchy's Landlady

Arthur Stuart Hull

as Senator

George Irving

as Judge's Voice

Selmer Jackson

as Medical Examiner

Marten Lamont

as Convict

Priscilla Lawson

as Hat Check Girl

Ralph Lewis

as Senator

Arthur Loft

as Convict

Walter Long

as Convict

Frank Losee Jr.

as Reporter

Nick Lukats

as Reporter

Frank Marlowe

as Convict

Louis Mason

as Higgins

Frank Mayo

as Copy Desk Editor

Philo McCullough

as Reporter in Senate Chamber

J.P. McGowan

as Inner Guard

Walter McGrail

as Guard

Kitty McHugh

as (scene deleted)

Robert McKenzie

as Dialogue Restaurant Patron

Frank McLure

as Restaurant Patron

Charles McMurphy

as Guard

Torben Meyer

as Proprietor

Ivan Miller

as Chairman of the Senate

Bruce Mitchell

as Guard in Police Shower

Charles R. Moore

as Black Prisoner

James C. Morton

as (scene deleted)

Paul Newlan

as Prisoner

Frank O'Connor

as Deputy

Dennis O'Keefe

as Reporter

Jack Perrin

as Guard

Bob Perry

as Escort Guard

Lee Phelps

as Riley

Alexander Pollard

as Headwaiter (extra)

Jack Raymond

as Prisoner

Ronald R. Rondell

as Restaurant Patron

Churchill Ross

as Ballistic Expert

Frank Rowan

as Reporter

Rolfe Sedan

as First Waiter

Phillips Smalley

as Senator

Edwin Stanley

as Fingerprint Expert

Larry Steers

as Senator

Milburn Stone

as Convict

Harry Tyler

as Man on Bus

Arthur Van Slyke

as Senator

Suzanne Willa

as Older Woman on Bus

Gloria Williams

as Passenger

William Worthington

as Senator