Lady in the Death House (film)

Lady in the Death House is a 1944 American film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Jean Parker and Lionel Atwill.

Lady in the Death House
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Steve Sekely
Screenplay by	Harry O. Hoyt
Based on	story by Frederick C. Davis
Produced by	Harry D. Edwards (associate producer) Jack Schwarz (producer)
Starring	Jean Parker Lionel Atwill
Cinematography	Gus Peterson
Edited by	Robert O. Crandall
Music by	Jan Gray
Distributed by	Producers Releasing Corporation
Release date	March 15, 1944 (1944-03-15)
Running time	56 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Mary Kirk Logan is led from her cell to the electric chair, to be "killed by the hand of the man I love."

A psychologist and criminologist, Charles Finch, tells her story. They first meet in a bar when Mary's dress catches fire. Dr. Bradford, having drinks with Finch, helps extinguish the fire. He takes Mary home and they fall in love.

Bradford is a scientist who hopes to develop a way to revive dead tissue. He works as an executioner for the state. Mary won't marry him unless he quits this profession.

A blackmailer is killed in Mary's apartment and she is arrested and tried. Her teenaged sister Suzy is the key to the case. Finch gets her to identify the real killer, but a race against time begins to find the governor so he can stop the execution. Bradford holds off the warden and guards until Finch can save the day.

Cast

• Jean Parker as Mary Kirk Logan
• Lionel Atwill as Charles Finch
• Douglas Fowley as Dr. Dwight 'Brad' Bradford
• Marcia Mae Jones as Suzy Kirk Logan
• Robert Middlemass as State's Attorney
• Cy Kendall as Detective
• John Maxwell as Robert Snell
• George Irving as Gregory
• Forrest Taylor as Warden
• Sam Flint as Governor Harrison
• Dick Curtis as Willis Millen

External links

• Lady in the Death House at IMDb
• Lady in the Death House is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive