We Who Are About to Die (1937)

Director
Christy Cabanne

Main cast
Preston Foster; Ann Dvorak; John Beal; Ray Mayer; Gordon Jones

Genres
Drama, Crime

Description
Its title notwithstanding, We Who Are About to Die has nothing to do with Roman Gladiators. Rather, the film is based on the true story of San Quentin inmate David Lamson, who spent 13 agonizing months on Death Row before the Supreme Court reversed his conviction. Renamed John (and played by John Beal), the Lamson character knows he's innocent but also knows that the date of his execution is drawing ever nearer.


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