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We Who Are About to Die (1936) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Christy Cabanne

Writing Credits  

David Lamson ... (novel)
 
John Twist ... (screenplay)
 
Paul Perez ... (contributor to treatment) (uncredited)
William N. Robson ... (contributor to treatment) (uncredited)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification  

Preston Foster ... Steven Mathews
Ann Dvorak ... Miss Connie Stewart
John Beal ... John E. 'Johnny' Thompson
Ray Mayer Ray Mayer ... Bright Boy Schultz
Gordon Jones ... Slim Tolliver
Russell Hopton ... 'Mac' MacAndrews
J. Carrol Naish ... Nick Trotti
Paul Hurst ... Tip Fuller
Frank Jenks ... Clyde Beasley
John Wray ... Jerry Daley
Frank M. Thomas ... M.L. Carter
Barnett Parker ... John Barkley
Willie Fung ... Kwong
John Carroll ... Joe Donahue
DeWitt Jennings ... Mike Brannigan
Landers Stevens ... Warden Lawton
John 'Skins' Miller John 'Skins' Miller ... Macy
Howard Hickman ... Prison Chaplain
Robert Emmett O'Connor ... Detective.Mitchell
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Oscar Apfel ... Mr. Armitage (uncredited)
William Bailey ... Policeman Passenger (uncredited)
Willie Best ... Airport Porter (uncredited)
Phil Bloom ... Convict (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone ... Plainclothesman with Rifle (uncredited)
Harry Bowen ... Agitated Citizen in Mob (uncredited)
Ed Brady ... Angry Aircraft Worker Throwing Stone (uncredited)
Ed Brandenburg Ed Brandenburg ... Convict (uncredited)
Lynton Brent ... Reporter (uncredited)
Sonny Bupp ... Hit-and-Run Victim (uncredited)
William Burress ... Charlie Gaunt - Cashier (uncredited)
Ralph Byrd ... Police Lab Technician (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler ... Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)
Wallis Clark ... Dr. Hedges (uncredited)
Frank Fanning ... Guard in Visitor's Room (uncredited)
Jim Farley ... Police Officer Johnson (uncredited)
Jerry Fletcher Jerry Fletcher ... Reporter (uncredited)
Joseph Glick ... Convict (uncredited)
Eddie Hart ... Police Driver (uncredited)
Dell Henderson ... Blake's Associate (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian ... Convict (uncredited)
Al Herman Al Herman ... Reporter (uncredited)
Russell Hicks ... District Attorney Knight (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt ... Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
Edward Keane Edward Keane ... Ed Stanley (uncredited)
Donald Kerr Donald Kerr ... Agitated Citizen at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)
Wesley Ketchell Wesley Ketchell ... Convict (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint ... Judge (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas ... Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe ... Prison Lab Technician (uncredited)
Billy McCann Billy McCann ... Convict (uncredited)
Ritchie McCarron Ritchie McCarron ... Convict (uncredited)
Billy McGowan Billy McGowan ... Convict (uncredited)
Tom McGuire ... Death-Row Captain Harris (uncredited)
Bruce Mitchell Bruce Mitchell ... Prison Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited)
Philip Morris Philip Morris ... Guard Escorting Kwong to Gallows (uncredited)
Carroll Nye ... Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor ... Detective (uncredited)
Barney O'Toole Barney O'Toole ... Convict (uncredited)
Jack Perry ... Convict Making Noise with Cup (uncredited)
George Reed ... Black Convict (uncredited)
Dick Rush Dick Rush ... Detective (uncredited)
Sammy Shack Sammy Shack ... Convict (uncredited)
Larry Steers ... Man in District Attorney's Office (uncredited)
Jack Stoney ... Aircraft Mechanic (uncredited)
Leo Sulky ... Convict (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan ... Policeman (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan ... Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)
Richard Tucker ... Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Frankie Van Frankie Van ... Convict (uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift ... Plainclothesman Finding Gun (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent ... Convict (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan ... Prison Lieutenant (uncredited)
Max Wagner ... Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)
Ethel Wales ... Travel Bureau Customer (uncredited)
Walter Walker Walter Walker ... The Governor (uncredited)
Bryant Washburn ... Martin Blake (uncredited)

Produced by 

Samuel J. Briskin ... executive producer (uncredited)
Edward Small ... producer

Cinematography by 

Robert H. Planck ... (as Robert Planck) (photographed by)

Editing by 

Arthur Roberts

Art Direction by 

Van Nest Polglase

Costume Design by 

Edward Stevenson ... (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

James H. Anderson ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department 

Feild M. Gray ... assistant art director (as Feild Gray)

Sound Department 

Denzil A. Cutler ... sound recordist

Music Department 

Bernhard Kaun ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Max Steiner ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Roy Webb ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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