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Let Us Live (1939)
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
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When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
Rating:NR
Genre:Crime, Drama, Thriller
Written By:Allen Rivkin, Anthony Veiller
In Theaters:3/29/1939
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Runtime:65 minutes
Studio:Columbia Pictures
Cast
John Brahm
Director
Maureen O'Sullivan
Mary Roberts
Henry Fonda
"Brick" Tennant
Ralph Bellamy
Lieutenant Everett
Alan Baxter
Joe Linden
Stanley Ridges
District Attorney
Henry Kolker
Chief of Police
George Lynn
Joe Taylor
George Douglas
Ed Walsh
Phillip Trent
Frank Burke
Martin Spellman
Jimmy Dugan
Ralph Remley
Bill Henderson (uncredited)
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