We Who Are About to Die
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, published while on death row, by David Lamson, who was tried four times for murdering his wife before being set free.
Plot
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.Cast
- Preston Foster as Steven Mathews
- Ann Dvorak as Miss Connie Stewart
- John Beal as John E. 'Johnny' Thompson
- Ray Mayer as Bright Boy Schultz
- Gordon Jones as Slim Tolliver
- Russell Hopton as 'Mac' 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