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We Who Are About to Die | |
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Directed by | Christy Cabanne James Anderson (assistant) |
Written by | John Twist |
Based on | We Who Are About to Die 1936 book by David Lamson [1] |
Produced by | Edward Small |
Starring | Preston Foster Ann Dvorak John Beal |
Cinematography | Robert Planck |
Edited by | Arthur Roberts |
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Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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, [1] published while on death row, [2] by David Lamson, who was tried four times for murdering his wife before being set free. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
A man is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job, then wrongly arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.
Lamson was hired by producer Edward Small to work on the script. [15]
I base my view on a 1934 letter that I found in Stanford's publicly available online archives written by Lowell Turrentine, a brilliant Stanford law professor who took an interest in the case. Turrentine argued that the pattern of cuts on Allene Lamson's head — he described them as three horizontal and one vertical — could not have been produced as a result of a fall. One of the cuts had a tear at the end, which Turrentine suggested could have been produced as an assailant clutched her hair and delivered a blow.
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