The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1939
Let Us Live
Directed by
John Brahm
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Maureen O'SullivanMary Roberts
Henry Fonda"Brick" Tennant
Ralph BellamyLieutenant Everett
Alan BaxterJoe Linden
Stanley RidgesDistrict Attorney
Henry KolkerChief of Police
George LynnJoe Taylor
George DouglasEd Walsh
Phillip TrentFrank Burke
Martin SpellmanJimmy Dugan
Ralph RemleyBill Henderson (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart HullCrandall (uncredited)
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John QualenDan (uncredited)
William V. MongJoe Taylor Sr. (uncredited)
Herbert AshleySam (uncredited)
Wright KramerAppeals Judge (uncredited)
Charles LaneAuto Show Salesman (uncredited)
Harry BernardAuto Show Watchman (uncredited)
Chuck HamiltonBailiff (uncredited)
Tom MahoneyBailiff (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.Bank Cashier (uncredited)
Emmett VoganBank Cashier (uncredited)
Billy LeeBoy in Window (uncredited)
Frank YaconelliNorman Cameron (uncredited)
Marshall RuthPeter Roxbury (uncredited)
Sammy BlumChef (uncredited)
Bruce MitchellCop (uncredited)
Dick RushCop (uncredited)
Eric AldenCop (uncredited)
Lee PhelpsCop (uncredited)
Lee PratherCop (uncredited)
Mike DonovanCop (uncredited)
Bob WalkerCop (uncredited)
Bud GearyCop at Line-up (uncredited)
Robert HomansUnlucky Cop (uncredited)
Al FergusonDeath Row Guard (uncredited)
Charles McAvoyDeath Row Guard (uncredited)
Dick CurtisDeath Row Inmate (uncredited)
Forrester HarveyDeath Row Inmate (uncredited)
George TaylorDeath Row Inmate (uncredited)
Kit GuardDeath Row Inmate (uncredited)
Byron FoulgerDefense Attorney (uncredited)
Kernan CrippsDesk Sergeant (uncredited)
Carl FaulknerDetective (uncredited)
Dick JensenDetective (uncredited)
Frank O'ConnorDetective (uncredited)
James BlaineDetective (uncredited)
Philip MorrisDetective (uncredited)
Ted OliverDetective (uncredited)
Frank FanningDetective Brown (uncredited)
Edward HearnDetective Carson (uncredited)
Monte VandergriftDetective Dietz (uncredited)
Brady KlineDetective Hennessey (uncredited)
Harry HollingsworthDetective Stone (uncredited)
Eddy ChandlerDetective with First Cab Driver (uncredited)
Lillian WestDistrict Attorney's Secretary (uncredited)
Ray WalkerDrunken Reporter (uncredited)
Edmund CobbFingerprint Man (uncredited)
Milton KibbeeHardware Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Harry C. BradleyHijacked Motorist (uncredited)
Walter SoderlingHold-Up Witness - Janitor (uncredited)
Sam McDanielHold-Up Witness - Mose (uncredited)
Alec CraigBookkeeper Juror (uncredited)
Harry HolmanBusinessman Juror - J. B. (uncredited)
Sharon LewisBuyer Juror (uncredited)
Joe De StefaniDentist Juror (uncredited)
Harry A. BaileyDrug Clerk Juror (uncredited)
Al HermanGarage Attendant Juror (uncredited)
Jessie PerryHead of PTA Juror (uncredited)
Betty FarringtonMother Juror (uncredited)
Phil DunhamNervous Juror (uncredited)
Dick ElliottRotarian Juror (uncredited)
Ann DoranSecretary Juror (uncredited)
Clarence WilsonLunchroom Proprietor (uncredited)
Gus ReedMan Asking J. B. (uncredited)
Joseph E. BernardMan in Courtroom Corridor (uncredited)
Chuck ColeanMovie Projectionist (uncredited)
Ted ThompsonNew York Hotel Assistant Manager (uncredited)
Norman AinsleyNew York Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Pat O'MalleyCaptain (uncredited)
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