A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flashback, we witness a sleazy dancehall girl (Vivienne Osborne) dupe a high rise riveter (Edward G. Robinson) into marriage so she can live off of him. But when he loses his job and his marbles, she ends up supporting him with money from her side man--and misses no opportunity to rub it in his face that she's now supporting him in his emasculated state. As the animosity grows and things get more and more unbearable, he is eventually driven to desperate measures.
Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Vivienne Osborne, Guy Kibbee, Preston Foster, J. Carrol Naish, Frederick Burton
Crew: Harvey F. Thew (Adaptation), Mervyn LeRoy (Director), Elliott Lester (Theatre Play), Sol Polito (Director of Photography), Hal B. Wallis (Supervising Producer), W. Franke Harling (Original Music Composer)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: First National Pictures
Runtime: 67 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 28, 1932
IMDb: 4.9
Keywords:death row, just married, woman between two men, flashback, murder, electric chair, capital punishment, execution, bookie, dancehall girl, pre-code, told in flashback, evil woman, wife murderer, sleaze, riveter, domineering wife, life lessons, emasculation, nasty wife, extreme measures, dancehall, downward spiral, naive young man, uncaring wife, adulterous wife, fall from height
