Day of Reckoning

Day of Reckoning

69 mins | Drama | Oct. 26, 1933

In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with his hand in the company till. He is sent to a high-rise facility in LA. It seems the fellow was only following the instructions of his domineering, constantly nagging wife who, as soon as he is put away, takes up with a more successful businessman. This causes her new lover's ex-lover to get insanely jealous and kill the conniving wife.

Day of Reckoning

69 mins | Drama | Oct. 26, 1933

Day of Reckoning
In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with his hand in the company till. He is sent to a high-rise facility in LA. It seems the fellow was only following the instructions of his domineering, constantly nagging wife who, as soon as he is put away, takes up with a more successful businessman. This causes her new lover's ex-lover to get insanely jealous and kill the conniving wife.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Day of Reckoning
Directors Charles Brabin
Writers Morris Lavine, Zelda Sears, Eve Greene

Cast

Richard Dix

as John Day

Madge Evans

as Dorothy Day

Conway Tearle

as George Hollins

Una Merkel

as Mamie

Stuart Erwin

as Jerry

George McFarland

as Johnny Day

Isabel Jewell

as Kate Lovett

James Bell

as Slim Williams

Raymond Hatton

as Hart

Paul Hurst

as Harry

Samuel S. Hinds

as O'Farrell

Bess Flowers

as Party Guest

Clarence Wilson

as Bail Bondsman

Tom Kennedy

as Furniture Mover