The Accusing Finger
James P. Hogan1936-11-17
Condemned to share the fate of man he'd doomed!
4.7
61 min
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 for her affections rally to find the real killer, while he is confronted by the misery of life on death row.
Cast
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Paul Kelly | Douglas Goodwin | Unowned |
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Marsha Hunt | Claire Patterson | Unowned |
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Kent Taylor | Jerry Welch | Unowned |
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Robert Cummings | Jimmy Ellis | Unowned |
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Harry Carey | Sen. Nash | Unowned |
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Bernadene Hayes | Muriel Goodwin | Unowned |
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Hilda Vaughn | Muriel's Maid | Unowned |
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Thomas E. Jackson | Lead Investigator Logan | Unowned |
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DeWitt Jennings | Prison Warden | Unowned |
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Fred Kohler | Curly-haired Convict | Unowned |
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Ralf Harolde | Lean, Angry Convict | Unowned |
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Joe Sawyer | Father Reed, chaplain | Unowned |
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Paul Fix | "Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief | Unowned |
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Jonathan Hale | Special Prosecutor | Unowned |
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Sam Flint | District Attorney Benton | Unowned |
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John Carroll | Dominic Petrelli, convict | Unowned |
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Sammee Tong | Chinese-American Convict | Unowned |
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Russell Hicks | Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator | Unowned |
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Frederick Burton | The Governor | Unowned |
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Rollo Lloyd | Dr. Simms | Unowned |
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Glenn Belt | Detective Billings | Unowned |
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Hooper Atchley | Senator | Unowned |
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Harry A. Bailey | Senator | Unowned |
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William Bailey | Reporter in Senate Chamber | Unowned |
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William Hopper | Reporter | Unowned |
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Irene Bennett | Unowned | |
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Ellen Drew | Wife | Unowned |
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Ward Bond | Recreation Room Guard | Unowned |
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Harry C. Bradley | Senator | Unowned |
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James P. Burtis | Waiter | Unowned |
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Mae Busch | Younger Woman on Bus | Unowned |
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George Chandler | Reporter | Unowned |
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Ethel Clayton | Unowned | |
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Jimmy Conlin | (scene deleted) | Unowned |
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Eddie Dunn | Sergeant at Arms | Unowned |
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Matty Fain | Condemned Man | Unowned |
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Kenneth Harlan | Police Surgeon | Unowned |
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Harry Hayden | Clerical Employee | Unowned |
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Edward Hearn | Bailiff | Unowned |
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Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian | Convict | Unowned |
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Ben Hendricks Jr. | Convict | Unowned |
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Al Hill | Reporter | Unowned |
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Fay Holden | Twitchy's Landlady | Unowned |
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Arthur Stuart Hull | Senator | Unowned |
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George Irving | Judge's Voice | Unowned |
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Selmer Jackson | Medical Examiner | Unowned |
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Marten Lamont | Convict | Unowned |
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Priscilla Lawson | Hat Check Girl | Unowned |
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Ralph Lewis | Senator | Unowned |
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Arthur Loft | Convict | Unowned |
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Walter Long | Convict | Unowned |
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Frank Losee Jr. | Reporter | Unowned |
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Nick Lukats | Reporter | Unowned |
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Frank Marlowe | Convict | Unowned |
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Louis Mason | Higgins | Unowned |
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Frank Mayo | Copy Desk Editor | Unowned |
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Philo McCullough | Reporter in Senate Chamber | Unowned |
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J.P. McGowan | Inner Guard | Unowned |
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Walter McGrail | Guard | Unowned |
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Kitty McHugh | (scene deleted) | Unowned |
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Robert McKenzie | Dialogue Restaurant Patron | Unowned |
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Frank McLure | Restaurant Patron | Unowned |
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Charles McMurphy | Guard | Unowned |
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Torben Meyer | Proprietor | Unowned |
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Ivan Miller | Chairman of the Senate | Unowned |
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Bruce Mitchell | Guard in Police Shower | Unowned |
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Charles R. Moore | Black Prisoner | Unowned |
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James C. Morton | (scene deleted) | Unowned |
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Paul Newlan | Prisoner | Unowned |
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Frank O'Connor | Deputy | Unowned |
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Dennis O'Keefe | Reporter | Unowned |
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Jack Perrin | Guard | Unowned |
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Bob Perry | Escort Guard | Unowned |
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Lee Phelps | Riley | Unowned |
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Alexander Pollard | Headwaiter (extra) | Unowned |
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Jack Raymond | Prisoner | Unowned |
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Ronald R. Rondell | Restaurant Patron | Unowned |
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Churchill Ross | Ballistic Expert | Unowned |
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Frank Rowan | Reporter | Unowned |
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Rolfe Sedan | First Waiter | Unowned |
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Phillips Smalley | Senator | Unowned |
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Edwin Stanley | Fingerprint Expert | Unowned |
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Larry Steers | Senator | Unowned |
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Milburn Stone | Convict | Unowned |
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Harry Tyler | Man on Bus | Unowned |
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Arthur Van Slyke | Senator | Unowned |
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Suzanne Willa | Older Woman on Bus | Unowned |
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Gloria Williams | Passenger | Unowned |
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William Worthington | Senator | Unowned |