We Who Are About to Die (1937)
1h 21m
Running Time
January 8, 1937Release Date
We Who Are About to Die (1937)
1h 21m
Running Time
January 8, 1937Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Preston Foster
Steven Mathews
Ann Dvorak
Miss Connie Stewart
John Beal
John E. 'Johnny' Thompson
Ray Mayer
Bright Boy Schultz
Gordon Jones
Slim Tolliver
Christy Cabanne
Director
Russell Hopton
MacAndrews
David Lamson
Writer
J. Carrol Naish
Nick Trotti
John Twist
Writer
Paul Hurst
Tip Fuller
Frank Jenks
Clyde Beasley
Paul Perez
Writer
John Wray
Jerry Daley
William N. Robson
Writer
Edward Small
Producer
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 Burgess
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)
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Wiki.
We Who Are About to Die is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, and John Beal. It was based on a book by David Lansom, who was tried four times for murdering his wife before being set free.