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Two Seconds
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Two Seconds

1932
1h 7m
Drama
Crime

Status

Released

Release

1932

Runtime

1h 7m

Storyline

"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 (Vivienne Osborne) dupe a high rise riveter (Edward G. Robinson) 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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 7m
May 28, 1932
Languages
English
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Mervyn LeRoy
Production
First National Pictures
First National Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

14 Cast Members

Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

John Allen

Vivienne Osborne

Vivienne Osborne

Shirley Day

Guy Kibbee

Guy Kibbee

Bookie

Preston Foster

Preston Foster

Bud Clark

J. Carrol Naish

J. Carrol Naish

Tony

Frederick Burton

Judge

Harry Beresford

Harry Beresford

Doctor

Dorothea Wolbert

Dorothea Wolbert

Lizzie, Cleaning Lady

Berton Churchill

Berton Churchill

The Warden

William Janney

William Janney

College Boy at Execution

Edward McWade

Edward McWade

The Prison Doctor

Gladys Lloyd

Woman

Adrienne Dore

Adrienne Dore

Annie (uncredited)

Luana Walters

Luana Walters

Tart (uncredited)

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