The Accusing Finger

Overview

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.

Details

Cast

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 Regan, 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