The Last Mile (1932)
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The Season's Dramatic Thunderbolt! From the Play that Rocked the Nation!
Overview
Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on death row just before a brutal inmate leads the other convicts in a violent uprising. Walters gets caught up in the riot, while on the outside his friends are trying to find evidence of his innocence.
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Preston Foster
John 'Killer' Mears, Cell 4
Howard Phillips
Richard 'Dick' Walters, Cell 5
George E. Stone
Joe Berg, Cell 1
Noel Madison
D'Amoro, Cell 6
Alan Roscoe
Kirby... Cell 7 (as Allan Roscoe)
Paul Fix
Eddie Werner... Cell 8
Alec B. Francis
Father O'Connor
Albert J. Smith
Drake, Guard
Al Hill
Fred Mayer... Cell 3
We are all just numbers here. The Last Mile is directed by Samuel Bischoff and adapted to screenplay by Seton Miller from the John Wexley play of the same name. It stars Preston Foster, Howard Phillips, George Stone, Noel Madison and Adam Roscoe. Music is by Val Burton and cinematography by Arthur Edeson. Interesting watching this pic these days to note just how much set in stone the formula is even today. All of the staples of the prison based dramas are right here in 1932, and of course the thematic beats of anti capital punishment still bang loud as much today as they did back then. ...
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Status Released
Original LanguageEnglish
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