Watch

list.

Watch

list.

Movies TV Shows

Backdrop

We Who Are About to Die

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.

1937 |1h 21m | Drama, Crime

Cast

Preston Foster

Steven Mathews

Ann Dvorak

Connie Stewart

John Beal

John Thompson

Gordon Jones

Slim Tolliver

Russell Hopton

MacAndrews

J. Carrol Naish

Nick Trotti

Paul Hurst

Tip Fuller

Frank Jenks

Clyde Beasley

John Wray

Jerry Daley

Frank M. Thomas

M.L. Carter

Barnett Parker

John Barkley

Willie Fung

Kwong

John Carroll

Joe Donahue

DeWitt Jennings

Mike Brannigan

Landers Stevens

Warden Lawton

John "Skins" Miller

Macy

Howard Hickman

Prison Chaplain

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Detective Mitchell

Oscar Apfel

Mr. Armitage (uncredited)

William Bailey

Policeman Passenger (uncredited)

Willie Best

Airport Porter (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Plainclothesman with Rifle (uncredited)

Harry Bowen

Agitated Citizen in Mob (uncredited)

Ed Brady

Worker Throwing Stone (uncredited)

Sonny Bupp

Hit-and-Run Victim (uncredited)

William Burress

Charlie Gaunt (uncredited)

Ralph Byrd

Police Lab Technician (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)

Wallis Clark

Dr. Hedges (uncredited)

Jim Farley

Police Officer Johnson (uncredited)

Dell Henderson

Blake's Associate (uncredited)

Russell Hicks

District Attorney Knight (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt

Governor's Secretary (uncredited)

Edward Keane

Ed Stanley (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Agitated Citizen at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

Judge (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas

Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

Prison Lab Technician (uncredited)

Tom McGuire

Death-Row Captain Harris (uncredited)

Jack Perry

Convict Making Noise with Cup (uncredited)

George H. Reed

Black Convict (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Man in District Attorney's Office (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)

Richard Tucker

Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Sailor Vincent

Convict (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Prison Lieutenant (uncredited)

Ethel Wales

Travel Bureau Customer (uncredited)

Walter Walker

The Governor (uncredited)

Bryant Washburn

Martin Blake (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-