Two Seconds

Two Seconds by Mervyn LeRoy

6.26

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.

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Cast

Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson as John Allen

Vivienne Osborne

Vivienne Osborne as Shirley Day

Guy Kibbee

Guy Kibbee as Bookie

Preston Foster

Preston Foster as Bud Clark

J. Carrol Naish

J. Carrol Naish as Tony

Frederick Burton

Frederick Burton as Judge

Harry Beresford

Harry Beresford as Doctor

Dorothea Wolbert

Dorothea Wolbert as Lizzie, Cleaning Lady

Berton Churchill

Berton Churchill as The Warden

William Janney

William Janney as College Boy at Execution

Edward McWade

Edward McWade as The Prison Doctor

Gladys Lloyd

Gladys Lloyd as Woman

Adrienne Dore

Adrienne Dore as Annie (uncredited)

Luana Walters

Luana Walters as Tart (uncredited)

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