We Who Are About to Die

We Who Are About to Die

81 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 8, 1937

John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.

We Who Are About to Die

81 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 8, 1937

We Who Are About to Die
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers RKO Radio Pictures, Edward Small Productions
Original title We Who Are About to Die
Directors Christy Cabanne
Writers David Lamson, John Twist

Cast

Preston Foster

as Steven Mathews

Ann Dvorak

as Connie Stewart

John Beal

as John Thompson

Ray Mayer

as Bright Boy Schultz

Gordon Jones

as Slim Tolliver

Russell Hopton

as MacAndrews

J. Carrol Naish

as Nick Trotti

Paul Hurst

as Tip Fuller

Frank Jenks

as Clyde Beasley

John Wray

as Jerry Daley

Frank M. Thomas

as M.L. Carter

Barnett Parker

as John Barkley

Willie Fung

as Kwong

John Carroll

as Joe Donahue

DeWitt Jennings

as Mike Brannigan

Landers Stevens

as Warden Lawton

Howard Hickman

as Prison Chaplain

Robert Emmett O'Connor

as Detective Mitchell

Oscar Apfel

as Mr. Armitage (uncredited)

William Bailey

as Policeman Passenger (uncredited)

Willie Best

as Airport Porter (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

as Plainclothesman with Rifle (uncredited)

Harry Bowen

as Agitated Citizen in Mob (uncredited)

Ed Brady

as Worker Throwing Stone (uncredited)

Sonny Bupp

as Hit-and-Run Victim (uncredited)

William Burgess

as Charlie Gaunt (uncredited)

Ralph Byrd

as Police Lab Technician (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

as Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)

Wallis Clark

as Dr. Hedges (uncredited)

Frank Fanning

as Guard in Visitor's Room (uncredited)

Jim Farley

as Police Officer Johnson (uncredited)

Jerry Fletcher

as Reporter (uncredited)

Eddie Hart

as Police Driver (uncredited)

Dell Henderson

as Blake's Associate (uncredited)

Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

as Convict (uncredited)

Al Herman

as Reporter (uncredited)

Russell Hicks

as District Attorney Knight (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt

as Governor's Secretary (uncredited)

Edward Keane

as Ed Stanley (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

as Agitated Citizen at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

as Judge (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas

as Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

as Prison Lab Technician (uncredited)

Tom McGuire

as Death-Row Captain Harris (uncredited)

Bruce Mitchell

as Prison Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited)

Philip Morris

as Guard Escorting Kwong to Gallows (uncredited)

Jack Perry

as Convict Making Noise with Cup (uncredited)

George Reed

as Black Convict (uncredited)

Larry Steers

as Man in District Attorney's Office (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

as Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)

Richard Tucker

as Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Monte Vandergrift

as Plainclothesman Finding Gun (uncredited)

Sailor Vincent

as Convict (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

as Prison Lieutenant (uncredited)

Max Wagner

as Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)

Ethel Wales

as Travel Bureau Customer (uncredited)

Walter Walker

as The Governor (uncredited)

Bryant Washburn

as Martin Blake (uncredited)