Two Seconds
6.9
“HIS LIFE WAS A LIVING HELL until he killed the thing that Crushed him!”
A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flashback, we witness a sleazy dancehall girl dupe a high rise riveter into marriage so she can live off of him. But when he loses his job and his marbles, she ends up supporting him with money from her side man--and misses no opportunity to rub it in his face that she's now supporting him in his emasculated state. As the animosity grows and things get more and more unbearable, he is eventually driven to desperate measures.
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Cast
14 people
Edward G. Robinson
John Allen
Known for
Double Indemnity
The Stranger
Vivienne Osborne
Shirley Day
Known for
Dragonwyck
Guy Kibbee
Bookie
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
42nd Street
Preston Foster
Bud Clark
Known for
The Time Travelers
I Shot Jesse James
J. Carrol Naish
Tony
Known for
House of Frankenstein
Sahara
Frederick Burton
Judge
Known for
The Big Trail
One Way Passage
Harry Beresford
Doctor
Known for
Doctor X
Follow the Fleet
Dorothea Wolbert
Lizzie, Cleaning Lady
Known for
The Front Page
Berton Churchill
The Warden
Known for
Stagecoach
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
William Janney
College Boy at Execution
Known for
Bonnie Scotland
Edward McWade
The Prison Doctor
Known for
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Return of Frank James
Gladys Lloyd
Woman
Also in
Smart Money
Five Star Final
Mervyn LeRoy Director · Elliott Lester Author W. Franke Harling Composer
Worldwide gross $822K · Budget $310K · United States release May 28, 1932
Box office
Budget
$310,000
Worldwide gross
$822,000
Gross vs. budget
2.7×
Production
First National Pictures
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 28, 1932
Theatrical
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