We Who Are About to Die (1937)

ALL 01/08/1937 (en) Drama, Crime 81 Min
  • Release
    01/08/1937
  • Production
    RKO Radio Pictures, Edward Small Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    68%
  • Original title
    We Who Are About to Die
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

The Terrific drama about men who are about to die!

Overview

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.

  1. Christy Cabanne

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Edward Small

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Preston Foster

    Steven Mathews

  2. Ann Dvorak

    Connie Stewart

  3. John Beal

    John Thompson

  4. Ray Mayer

    Bright Boy Schultz

  5. Gordon Jones

    Slim Tolliver

  6. Russell Hopton

    MacAndrews

  7. J. Carrol Naish

    Nick Trotti

  8. Paul Hurst

    Tip Fuller

  9. Frank Jenks

    Clyde Beasley

  10. John Wray

    Jerry Daley

  11. Frank M. Thomas

    M.L. Carter

  12. Barnett Parker

    John Barkley

  13. Willie Fung

    Kwong

  14. John Carroll

    Joe Donahue

  15. DeWitt Jennings

    Mike Brannigan

  16. Landers Stevens

    Warden Lawton

  17. John "Skins" Miller

    Macy

  18. Howard Hickman

    Prison Chaplain

  19. Robert Emmett O'Connor

    Detective Mitchell

  20. Oscar Apfel

    Mr. Armitage (uncredited)

  21. William Bailey

    Policeman Passenger (uncredited)

  22. Willie Best

    Airport Porter (uncredited)

  23. Stanley Blystone

    Plainclothesman with Rifle (uncredited)

  24. Harry Bowen

    Agitated Citizen in Mob (uncredited)

  25. Ed Brady

    Worker Throwing Stone (uncredited)

  26. Sonny Bupp

    Hit-and-Run Victim (uncredited)

  27. William Burress

    Charlie Gaunt (uncredited)

  28. Ralph Byrd

    Police Lab Technician (uncredited)

  29. Eddy Chandler

    Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)

  30. Wallis Clark

    Dr. Hedges (uncredited)

  31. Frank Fanning

    Guard in Visitor's Room (uncredited)

  32. Jim Farley

    Police Officer Johnson (uncredited)

  33. Jerry Fletcher

    Reporter (uncredited)

  34. Eddie Hart

    Police Driver (uncredited)

  35. Dell Henderson

    Blake's Associate (uncredited)

  36. Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

    Convict (uncredited)

  37. Al Herman

    Reporter (uncredited)

  38. Russell Hicks

    District Attorney Knight (uncredited)

  39. Arthur Hoyt

    Governor's Secretary (uncredited)

  40. Edward Keane

    Ed Stanley (uncredited)

  41. Donald Kerr

    Agitated Citizen at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)

  42. Edward LeSaint

    Judge (uncredited)

  43. Wilfred Lucas

    Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)

  44. Frank Marlowe

    Prison Lab Technician (uncredited)

  45. Tom McGuire

    Death-Row Captain Harris (uncredited)

  46. Bruce Mitchell

    Prison Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited)

  47. Philip Morris

    Guard Escorting Kwong to Gallows (uncredited)

  48. Jack Perry

    Convict Making Noise with Cup (uncredited)

  49. George H. Reed

    Black Convict (uncredited)

  50. Larry Steers

    Man in District Attorney's Office (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 59 , Crews : 9

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We Who Are About to Die (1937) 81 Min

ALL 01/08/1937 (en)
Drama, Crime
  • Release 01/08/1937
  • Production
    RKO Radio Pictures, Edward Small Productions
  • Original title We Who Are About to Die
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

The Terrific drama about men who are about to die!

Overview

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.

  1. Christy Cabanne

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Arthur Roberts

    Editor

  4. Edward Small

    Producer