The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1936
The Accusing Finger
Directed by
James P. Hogan
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.
The story
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
Paul KellyDouglas Goodwin
Marsha HuntClaire Patterson
Kent TaylorJerry Welch
Robert CummingsJimmy Ellis
Harry CareySen. Nash
Bernadene HayesMuriel Goodwin
Hilda VaughnMuriel's Maid
Thomas E. JacksonLead Investigator Logan
DeWitt JenningsPrison Warden
Fred KohlerCurly-haired Convict
Ralf HaroldeLean, Angry Convict
Joe SawyerFather Regan, chaplain
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Paul Fix"Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief
Jonathan HaleSpecial Prosecutor
Sam FlintDistrict Attorney Benton
John CarrollDominic Petrelli, convict
Sammee TongChinese-American Convict
Russell HicksVociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
Frederick BurtonThe Governor
Rollo LloydDr. Simms
Glenn BeltDetective Billings
Hooper AtchleySenator
Harry A. BaileySenator
William BaileyReporter in Senate Chamber
William HopperReporter
Irene Bennett
Ellen DrewWife
Ward BondRecreation Room Guard
Harry C. BradleySenator
James P. BurtisWaiter
Mae BuschYounger Woman on Bus
George ChandlerReporter
Ethel Clayton
Jimmy Conlin(scene deleted)
Eddie DunnSergeant at Arms
Matty FainCondemned Man
Kenneth HarlanPolice Surgeon
Harry HaydenClerical Employee
Edward HearnBailiff
Oscar 'Dutch' HendrianConvict
Ben Hendricks Jr.Convict
Al HillReporter
Fay HoldenTwitchy's Landlady
Arthur Stuart HullSenator
George IrvingJudge's Voice
Selmer JacksonMedical Examiner
Marten LamontConvict
Priscilla LawsonHat Check Girl
Ralph LewisSenator
Arthur LoftConvict
Walter LongConvict
Frank Losee Jr.Reporter
Nick LukatsReporter
Frank MarloweConvict
Louis MasonHiggins
Frank MayoCopy Desk Editor
Philo McCulloughReporter in Senate Chamber
J.P. McGowanInner Guard
Walter McGrailGuard
Kitty McHugh(scene deleted)
Robert McKenzieDialogue Restaurant Patron
Frank McLureRestaurant Patron
Charles McMurphyGuard
Torben MeyerProprietor
Ivan MillerChairman of the Senate
Bruce MitchellGuard in Police Shower
Charles R. MooreBlack Prisoner
James C. Morton(scene deleted)
Paul NewlanPrisoner
Frank O'ConnorDeputy
Dennis O'KeefeReporter
Jack PerrinGuard
Bob PerryEscort Guard
Lee PhelpsRiley
Alexander PollardHeadwaiter (extra)
Jack RaymondPrisoner
Ronald R. RondellRestaurant Patron
Churchill RossBallistic Expert
Frank RowanReporter
Rolfe SedanFirst Waiter
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