Two Seconds

Mervyn LeRoy
1932-05-28

HIS LIFE WAS A LIVING HELL until he killed the thing that Crushed him!
6.1
67 min

A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flashback, we witness a sleazy dancehall girl (Vivienne Osborne) dupe a high rise riveter (Edward G. Robinson) into marriage so she can live off of him. But when he loses his job and his marbles, she ends up supporting him with money from her side man--and misses no opportunity to rub it in his face that she's now supporting him in his emasculated state. As the animosity grows and things get more and more unbearable, he is eventually driven to desperate measures.

Cast

Name Character Team
Edward G. Robinson John Allen Unowned
Vivienne Osborne Shirley Day Unowned
Guy Kibbee Bookie Unowned
Preston Foster Bud Clark Unowned
J. Carrol Naish Tony Unowned
Frederick Burton Judge Unowned
Harry Beresford Doctor Unowned
Dorothea Wolbert Lizzie, Cleaning Lady Unowned
Berton Churchill The Warden Unowned
William Janney College Boy at Execution Unowned
Edward McWade The Prison Doctor Unowned
Gladys Lloyd Woman Unowned
Adrienne Dore Annie (uncredited) Unowned
Luana Walters Tart (uncredited) Unowned