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    We Who Are About to Die

    Drama
    Crime
    "The Terrific drama about men 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.

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    Preston Foster

    Steven Mathews

    Ann Dvorak

    Connie Stewart

    John Beal

    John Thompson

    Ray Mayer

    Bright Boy Schultz

    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)

    Frank Fanning

    Guard in Visitor's Room (uncredited)

    Jim Farley

    Police Officer Johnson (uncredited)

    Jerry Fletcher

    Reporter (uncredited)

    Eddie Hart

    Police Driver (uncredited)

    Dell Henderson

    Blake's Associate (uncredited)

    Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

    Convict (uncredited)

    Al Herman

    Reporter (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)

    Bruce Mitchell

    Prison Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited)

    Philip Morris

    Guard Escorting Kwong to Gallows (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)

    Monte Vandergrift

    Plainclothesman Finding Gun (uncredited)

    Sailor Vincent

    Convict (uncredited)

    Emmett Vogan

    Prison Lieutenant (uncredited)

    Max Wagner

    Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)

    Ethel Wales

    Travel Bureau Customer (uncredited)

    Walter Walker

    The Governor (uncredited)

    Bryant Washburn

    Martin Blake (uncredited)

    Edward Small

    Producer

    Robert H. Planck

    Cinematography

    Arthur Roberts

    Editor

    Van Nest Polglase

    Art Direction

    Feild M. Gray

    Assistant Art Director

    Denzil A. Cutler

    Sound Recordist

    Christy Cabanne

    Director

    David Lamson

    Novel

    John Twist

    Screenplay