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 dupe a high rise riveter 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.
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
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Cast

Edward G. Robinson
John Allen

Vivienne Osborne
Shirley Day

Guy Kibbee
Bookie

Preston Foster
Bud Clark

J. Carrol Naish
Tony
Frederick Burton
Judge

Harry Beresford
Doctor

Dorothea Wolbert
Lizzie, Cleaning Lady

Berton Churchill
The Warden

William Janney
College Boy at Execution

Edward McWade
The Prison Doctor
Gladys Lloyd
Woman

Adrienne Dore
Annie (uncredited)

Luana Walters
Tart (uncredited)
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