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Let Us Live

Let Us Live (1939)

1h 5m | PG-13

⭐ 6.8 / 10

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.

Director: John Brahm

Studio: Columbia Pictures

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Video: 720p

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Cast

Maureen O'Sullivan

Maureen O'Sullivan

as Mary Roberts

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

as "Brick" Tennant

Ralph Bellamy

Ralph Bellamy

as Lieutenant Everett

Alan Baxter

Alan Baxter

as Joe Linden

Stanley Ridges

Stanley Ridges

as District Attorney

Henry Kolker

Henry Kolker

as Chief of Police