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.
1937-01-08
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Cast
Director
Christy Cabanne
Preston Foster as Steven Mathews
Ann Dvorak as Connie Stewart
John Beal as John Thompson
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)
Dell Henderson as Blake's Associate (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)
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)
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)