Let Us Live

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Let Us Live

"A love more powerful than any law that man could make!"

1939

1h 5m

6.8(12 votes)

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Overview

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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98 members

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Maureen O'Sullivan

Mary Roberts

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Henry Fonda

"Brick" Tennant

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Ralph Bellamy

Lieutenant Everett

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Alan Baxter

Joe Linden

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Stanley Ridges

District Attorney

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Henry Kolker

Chief of Police

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George Lynn

Joe Taylor

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George Douglas

Ed Walsh

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Phillip Trent

Frank Burke

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Martin Spellman

Jimmy Dugan

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Ralph Remley

Bill Henderson (uncredited)

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Arthur Stuart Hull

Crandall (uncredited)

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John Qualen

Dan (uncredited)

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William V. Mong

Joe Taylor Sr. (uncredited)

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Herbert Ashley

Sam (uncredited)

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Wright Kramer

Appeals Judge (uncredited)

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Charles Lane

Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)

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Harry Bernard

Auto Show Watchman (uncredited)

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Chuck Hamilton

Bailiff (uncredited)

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Tom Mahoney

Bailiff (uncredited)

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Edward Peil Sr.

Bank Cashier (uncredited)

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Emmett Vogan

Bank Cashier (uncredited)

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Billy Lee

Boy in Window (uncredited)

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Frank Yaconelli

Norman Cameron (uncredited)

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Marshall Ruth

Peter Roxbury (uncredited)

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Sammy Blum

Chef (uncredited)

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Bruce Mitchell

Cop (uncredited)

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Dick Rush

Cop (uncredited)

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Eric Alden

Cop (uncredited)

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Lee Phelps

Cop (uncredited)

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Lee Prather

Cop (uncredited)

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Mike Donovan

Cop (uncredited)

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Bob Walker

Cop (uncredited)

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Bud Geary

Cop at Line-up (uncredited)

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Robert Homans

Unlucky Cop (uncredited)

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Al Ferguson

Death Row Guard (uncredited)

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Charles McAvoy

Death Row Guard (uncredited)

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Dick Curtis

Death Row Inmate (uncredited)

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Forrester Harvey

Death Row Inmate (uncredited)

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George Taylor

Death Row Inmate (uncredited)

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Kit Guard

Death Row Inmate (uncredited)

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Byron Foulger

Defense Attorney (uncredited)

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Kernan Cripps

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

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Carl Faulkner

Detective (uncredited)

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Dick Jensen

Detective (uncredited)

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Frank O'Connor

Detective (uncredited)

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James Blaine

Detective (uncredited)

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Philip Morris

Detective (uncredited)

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Ted Oliver

Detective (uncredited)

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Frank Fanning

Detective Brown (uncredited)

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Edward Hearn

Detective Carson (uncredited)

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Monte Vandergrift

Detective Dietz (uncredited)

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Brady Kline

Detective Hennessey (uncredited)

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Harry Hollingsworth

Detective Stone (uncredited)

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Eddy Chandler

Detective with First Cab Driver (uncredited)

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Lillian West

District Attorney's Secretary (uncredited)

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Ray Walker

Drunken Reporter (uncredited)

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Edmund Cobb

Fingerprint Man (uncredited)

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Milton Kibbee

Hardware Store Proprietor (uncredited)

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Harry C. Bradley

Hijacked Motorist (uncredited)

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Walter Soderling

Hold-Up Witness - Janitor (uncredited)

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Sam McDaniel

Hold-Up Witness - Mose (uncredited)

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Alec Craig

Bookkeeper Juror (uncredited)

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Harry Holman

Businessman Juror - J. B. (uncredited)

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Sharon Lewis

Buyer Juror (uncredited)

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Joe De Stefani

Dentist Juror (uncredited)

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Harry A. Bailey

Drug Clerk Juror (uncredited)

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Al Herman

Garage Attendant Juror (uncredited)

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Jessie Perry

Head of PTA Juror (uncredited)

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Betty Farrington

Mother Juror (uncredited)

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Phil Dunham

Nervous Juror (uncredited)

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Dick Elliott

Rotarian Juror (uncredited)

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Ann Doran

Secretary Juror (uncredited)

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Clarence Wilson

Lunchroom Proprietor (uncredited)

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Gus Reed

Man Asking J. B. (uncredited)

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Joseph E. Bernard

Man in Courtroom Corridor (uncredited)

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Chuck Colean

Movie Projectionist (uncredited)

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Ted Thompson

New York Hotel Assistant Manager (uncredited)

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Norman Ainsley

New York Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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Pat O'Malley

Captain (uncredited)

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Joe King

Inspector Cavanaugh (uncredited)

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Jack Rube Clifford

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

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Tom London

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

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Joseph Forte

Prison Doctor (uncredited)

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Earl Askam

Prison Guard (uncredited)

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William Royle

Prison Guard (uncredited)

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George Chesebro

Prison Visitor's Room Guard (uncredited)

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James P. Burtis

Taxi Cab Mechanic (uncredited)

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Billy Wayne

Theatre Hold-Up Witness (uncredited)

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Bess Wade

Theatre Scrubwoman (uncredited)

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Fay Holderness

Theatre Scrubwoman (uncredited)

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Mary Foy

Theatre Scrubwoman (uncredited)

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Ethel Wales

Theatre Scrubwoman - Ella (uncredited)

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Herbert Heywood

Theatre Watchman (uncredited)

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Charles Trowbridge

Trial Judge (uncredited)

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Beatrice Curtis

Waitress (uncredited)

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Arthur Loft

Warden (uncredited)

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Lee Shumway

Warden's Attendant (uncredited)

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