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Two Seconds

HIS LIFE WAS A LIVING HELL until he killed the thing that Crushed him!
May 28, 1932 · 1h 7m
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Drama
Crime

PLOT

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

Edward G. Robinson
John Allen
Vivienne Osborne
Shirley Day
Guy Kibbee
Bookie
Preston Foster
Bud Clark
J. Carrol Naish
Tony
Frederick Burton
Judge
Harry Beresford
Doctor
Dorothea Wolbert
Lizzie, Cleaning Lady
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
First National Pictures
Country
US

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