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.Bernard Butcher, "Was it Murder?', Stanford Magazine, January/February 2000 accessed 25 May 2000

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

Production Lamson was hired by producer Edward Small to work on the script.

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