Let Us Live

Let Us Live

65 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | March 29, 1939

When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.

Let Us Live

65 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | March 29, 1939

Let Us Live
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Let Us Live
Directors John Brahm
Writers Joseph F. Dinneen, Allen Rivkin, Anthony Veiller

Cast

Maureen O'Sullivan

as Mary Roberts

Henry Fonda

as "Brick" Tennant

Ralph Bellamy

as Lieutenant Everett

Alan Baxter

as Joe Linden

Stanley Ridges

as District Attorney

Henry Kolker

as Chief of Police

George Lynn

as Joe Taylor

George Douglas

as Ed Walsh

Phillip Trent

as Frank Burke

Martin Spellman

as Jimmy Dugan

Ralph Remley

as Bill Henderson (uncredited)

Arthur Stuart Hull

as Crandall (uncredited)

John Qualen

as Dan (uncredited)

William V. Mong

as Joe Taylor Sr. (uncredited)

Herbert Ashley

as Sam (uncredited)

Wright Kramer

as Appeals Judge (uncredited)

Charles Lane

as Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)

Harry Bernard

as Auto Show Watchman (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

as Bailiff (uncredited)

Tom Mahoney

as Bailiff (uncredited)

Edward Peil Sr.

as Bank Cashier (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

as Bank Cashier (uncredited)

Billy Lee

as Boy in Window (uncredited)

Frank Yaconelli

as Norman Cameron (uncredited)

Marshall Ruth

as Peter Roxbury (uncredited)

Sammy Blum

as Chef (uncredited)

Bruce Mitchell

as Cop (uncredited)

Dick Rush

as Cop (uncredited)

Eric Alden

as Cop (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

as Cop (uncredited)

Lee Prather

as Cop (uncredited)

Mike Donovan

as Cop (uncredited)

Robert Walker

as Cop (uncredited)

Bud Geary

as Cop at Line-up (uncredited)

Robert Homans

as Unlucky Cop (uncredited)

Al Ferguson

as Death Row Guard (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy

as Death Row Guard (uncredited)

Dick Curtis

as Death Row Inmate (uncredited)

Forrester Harvey

as Death Row Inmate (uncredited)

George Taylor

as Death Row Inmate (uncredited)

Kit Guard

as Death Row Inmate (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

as Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Carl Faulkner

as Detective (uncredited)

Dick Jensen

as Detective (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

as Detective (uncredited)

James Blaine

as Detective (uncredited)

Philip Morris

as Detective (uncredited)

Ted Oliver

as Detective (uncredited)

Frank Fanning

as Detective Brown (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

as Detective Carson (uncredited)

Monte Vandergrift

as Detective Dietz (uncredited)

Brady Kline

as Detective Hennessey (uncredited)

Harry Hollingsworth

as Detective Stone (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

as Detective with First Cab Driver (uncredited)

Lillian West

as District Attorney's Secretary (uncredited)

Ray Walker

as Drunken Reporter (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

as Fingerprint Man (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

as Hardware Store Proprietor (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

as Hijacked Motorist (uncredited)

Walter Soderling

as Hold-Up Witness - Janitor (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

as Hold-Up Witness - Mose (uncredited)

Alec Craig

as Bookkeeper Juror (uncredited)

Harry Holman

as Businessman Juror - J. B. (uncredited)

Sharon Lewis

as Buyer Juror (uncredited)

Joe De Stefani

as Dentist Juror (uncredited)

Harry A. Bailey

as Drug Clerk Juror (uncredited)

Al Herman

as Garage Attendant Juror (uncredited)

Jessie Perry

as Head of PTA Juror (uncredited)

Betty Farrington

as Mother Juror (uncredited)

Phil Dunham

as Nervous Juror (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

as Rotarian Juror (uncredited)

Ann Doran

as Secretary Juror (uncredited)

Clarence Wilson

as Lunchroom Proprietor (uncredited)

Gus Reed

as Man Asking J. B. (uncredited)

Joseph E. Bernard

as Man in Courtroom Corridor (uncredited)

Chuck Colean

as Movie Projectionist (uncredited)

Ted Thompson

as New York Hotel Assistant Manager (uncredited)

Norman Ainsley

as New York Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

as Captain (uncredited)

Joe King

as Inspector Cavanaugh (uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Tom London

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Joseph Forte

as Prison Doctor (uncredited)

Earl Askam

as Prison Guard (uncredited)

William Royle

as Prison Guard (uncredited)

George Chesebro

as Prison Visitor's Room Guard (uncredited)

James P. Burtis

as Taxi Cab Mechanic (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

as Theatre Hold-Up Witness (uncredited)

Bess Wade

as Theatre Scrubwoman (uncredited)

Fay Holderness

as Theatre Scrubwoman (uncredited)

Mary Foy

as Theatre Scrubwoman (uncredited)

Ethel Wales

as Theatre Scrubwoman - Ella (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

as Theatre Watchman (uncredited)

Charles Trowbridge

as Trial Judge (uncredited)

Beatrice Curtis

as Waitress (uncredited)

Arthur Loft

as Warden (uncredited)

Lee Shumway

as Warden's Attendant (uncredited)