The Bridge of Sighs

The Bridge of Sighs

66 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Feb. 14, 1936

Assistant District Attorney Jeffery Powell has just sent an innocent man to prison for the murder of a gambler. Powell is in love with, Marion Courtney, but he's unaware that Marion is the sister of the innocent man he sent to prison. Marion gets herself committed to a women's prison to get proof from inmate, Evelyn 'Duchess' Thane, that her brother is innocent. Powell learns of Marion's plight and believes she's in love with the man he sent to prison.

The Bridge of Sighs

66 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Feb. 14, 1936

The Bridge of Sighs
Assistant District Attorney Jeffery Powell has just sent an innocent man to prison for the murder of a gambler. Powell is in love with, Marion Courtney, but he's unaware that Marion is the sister of the innocent man he sent to prison. Marion gets herself committed to a women's prison to get proof from inmate, Evelyn 'Duchess' Thane, that her brother is innocent. Powell learns of Marion's plight and believes she's in love with the man he sent to prison.
Producers Invincible Pictures Corp.
Original title The Bridge of Sighs
Directors Melville Shyer, Phil Rosen
Writers Arthur T. Horman

Cast

Onslow Stevens

as Jeffrey 'Jeff' Powell

Dorothy Tree

as Marion Courtney, aka Mary Court

Jack La Rue

as Packy Lacy

Mary Doran

as Evelyn 'Duchess' Thane

Walter Byron

as Arny Norman

Oscar Apfel

as Judge 'Teddy' Blaisdell

Maidel Turner

as Mrs. Blaisdell

John Kelly

as Tommy, the Taxi Driver-Thug

Paul Fix

as Harrison Courtney, Jr. aka Harry West

Robert Homans

as Homicide Capt. P.G. Otheron

Selmer Jackson

as Defense Attorney Alan Adams

Bryant Washburn

as Neselli

Kathryn Sheldon

as Mabel the Maid

Lynton Brent

as Detective (uncredited)

Al Bridge

as Ballistics Expert (uncredited)

Don Brodie

as Court Clerk (uncredited)

Horace B. Carpenter

as Juror (uncredited)

Phyllis Crane

as Peggy Watts (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

as Man in Crowd Outside the Thornton (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

as Police Clerk (uncredited)

Lloyd Ingraham

as Trial Judge (uncredited)

Jane Keckley

as Prison Matron (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy

as Lacy's Henchman (uncredited)

Lafe McKee

as Lester - Taffy Peddler (uncredited)

Frances Morris

as Lois Summers - Inmate (uncredited)

William J. O'Brien

as Juror (uncredited)

Dorothy Roberts

as Patsy Ross - Inmate (uncredited)

Dick Rush

as Prison Gate Guard (uncredited)

Harry Strang

as Policeman Detaining Harry West (uncredited)