We Who Are About to Die
1937John 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.
Acted in
Preston Foster
as Steven Mathews
Ann Dvorak
as Connie Stewart
John Beal
as John Thompson
Ray Mayer
as Bright Boy Schultz
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)
Jerry Fletcher
as Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Hart
as Police Driver (uncredited)
Dell Henderson
as Blake's Associate (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
as Convict (uncredited)
Al Herman
as Reporter (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)
Bruce Mitchell
as Prison Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited)
Philip Morris
as Guard Escorting Kwong to Gallows (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)
Monte Vandergrift
as Plainclothesman Finding Gun (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)