The Accusing Finger

Plot

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 ... read more

  • James P. Hogan

    Director

  • Robert Tasker

    Screenplay

  • John Bright

    Screenplay

  • Brian Marlow

    Screenplay

  • Madeleine Ruthven

    Screenplay

  • Henry Sharp

    Director of Photography

  • Chandler House

    Editor

  • Paul Kelly

    Douglas Goodwin

  • Marsha Hunt

    Claire Patterson

  • Kent Taylor

    Jerry Welch

  • Robert Cummings

    Jimmy Ellis

  • Harry Carey

    Sen. Nash

  • Bernadene Hayes

    Muriel Goodwin

  • Hilda Vaughn

    Muriel's Maid

  • Thomas E. Jackson

    Lead Investigator Logan

  • DeWitt Jennings

    Prison Warden

  • Fred Kohler

    Curly-haired Convict

  • Ralf Harolde

    Lean, Angry Convict

  • Joe Sawyer

    Father Reed, chaplain

  • Paul Fix

    "Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief

  • Jonathan Hale

    Special Prosecutor

  • Sam Flint

    District Attorney Benton

  • John Carroll

    Dominic Petrelli, convict

  • Sammee Tong

    Chinese-American Convict

  • Russell Hicks

    Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator

  • Frederick Burton

    The Governor

  • Rollo Lloyd

    Dr. Simms

  • Glenn Belt

    Detective Billings

  • Hooper Atchley

    Senator

  • Harry A. Bailey

    Senator

  • William Bailey

    Reporter in Senate Chamber

  • William Hopper

    Reporter

  • Irene Bennett

  • Ellen Drew

    Wife

  • Ward Bond

    Recreation Room Guard

  • Harry C. Bradley

    Senator

  • James P. Burtis

    Waiter

  • Mae Busch

    Younger Woman on Bus

  • George Chandler

    Reporter

  • Ethel Clayton

  • Jimmy Conlin

    (scene deleted)

  • Eddie Dunn

    Sergeant at Arms

  • Matty Fain

    Condemned Man

  • Kenneth Harlan

    Police Surgeon

  • Harry Hayden

    Clerical Employee

  • Edward Hearn

    Bailiff

  • Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

    Convict

  • Runtime

    61 minutes

    Released

    1936-11-17

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Paramount

    Updated

    490 days ago

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