We Who Are About to Die

We Who Are About to Die (1937)

The Terrific drama about men who are about to die!

  • Genre: Drama, Crime
  • Release Date: 1937-01-08
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 21min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Christy Cabanne
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Summary

John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.

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  • Preston Foster

    as Steven Mathews

  • Ann Dvorak

    as Connie Stewart

  • John Beal

    as John Thompson

  • Ray Mayer

    as Bright Boy Schultz

  • Gordon Jones

    as Slim Tolliver

  • Russell Hopton

    as MacAndrews

  • J. Carrol Naish

    as Nick Trotti

  • Paul Hurst

    as Tip Fuller

  • Frank Jenks

    as Clyde Beasley

  • John Wray

    as Jerry Daley

  • Frank M. Thomas

    as M.L. Carter

  • Barnett Parker

    as John Barkley

  • Willie Fung

    as Kwong

  • John Carroll

    as Joe Donahue

  • DeWitt Jennings

    as Mike Brannigan

  • Landers Stevens

    as Warden Lawton

  • John "Skins" Miller

    as Macy

  • Howard Hickman

    as Prison Chaplain

  • Robert Emmett O'Connor

    as Detective Mitchell

  • Oscar Apfel

    as Mr. Armitage (uncredited)

  • William Bailey

    as Policeman Passenger (uncredited)

  • Willie Best

    as Airport Porter (uncredited)

  • Stanley Blystone

    as Plainclothesman with Rifle (uncredited)

  • Harry Bowen

    as Agitated Citizen in Mob (uncredited)

  • Ed Brady

    as Worker Throwing Stone (uncredited)

  • Sonny Bupp

    as Hit-and-Run Victim (uncredited)

  • William Burress

    as Charlie Gaunt (uncredited)

  • Ralph Byrd

    as Police Lab Technician (uncredited)

  • Eddy Chandler

    as Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Wallis Clark

    as Dr. Hedges (uncredited)

  • Frank Fanning

    as Guard in Visitor's Room (uncredited)

  • Jim Farley

    as Police Officer Johnson (uncredited)

  • Jerry Fletcher

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Eddie Hart

    as Police Driver (uncredited)

  • Dell Henderson

    as Blake's Associate (uncredited)

  • Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

    as Convict (uncredited)

  • Al Herman

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Russell Hicks

    as District Attorney Knight (uncredited)

  • Arthur Hoyt

    as Governor's Secretary (uncredited)

  • Edward Keane

    as Ed Stanley (uncredited)

  • Donald Kerr

    as Agitated Citizen at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)

  • Edward LeSaint

    as Judge (uncredited)

  • Wilfred Lucas

    as Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)

  • Frank Marlowe

    as Prison Lab Technician (uncredited)

  • Tom McGuire

    as Death-Row Captain Harris (uncredited)

  • Bruce Mitchell

    as Prison Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited)

  • Philip Morris

    as Guard Escorting Kwong to Gallows (uncredited)

  • Jack Perry

    as Convict Making Noise with Cup (uncredited)

  • George H. Reed

    as Black Convict (uncredited)

  • Larry Steers

    as Man in District Attorney's Office (uncredited)

  • Charles Sullivan

    as Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)

  • Richard Tucker

    as Defense Attorney (uncredited)

  • Monte Vandergrift

    as Plainclothesman Finding Gun (uncredited)

  • Sailor Vincent

    as Convict (uncredited)

  • Emmett Vogan

    as Prison Lieutenant (uncredited)

  • Max Wagner

    as Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)

  • Ethel Wales

    as Travel Bureau Customer (uncredited)

  • Walter Walker

    as The Governor (uncredited)

  • Bryant Washburn

    as Martin Blake (uncredited)
Editing Arthur Roberts Editor
Art Van Nest Polglase Art Direction
Sound Denzil A. Cutler Sound Recordist
Production Edward Small Producer
Crew Robert H. Planck Cinematography
Art Feild M. Gray Assistant Art Director
Directing Christy Cabanne Director
Writing David Lamson Novel
Writing John Twist Screenplay

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