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Feature film — 1932

Two Seconds (1932)

6.31h 7mDrama — Crime

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 dupe a high rise riveter 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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A high-signal pick with 25 votes.

First National Pictures

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Director: Mervyn LeRoy

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Cast & crew

Edward G. Robinson as John Allen

Edward G. Robinson

John Allen

Vivienne Osborne as Shirley Day

Vivienne Osborne

Shirley Day

Guy Kibbee as Bookie

Guy Kibbee

Bookie

Preston Foster as Bud Clark

Preston Foster

Bud Clark

J. Carrol Naish as Tony

J. Carrol Naish

Tony

F

Frederick Burton

Judge

Harry Beresford as Doctor

Harry Beresford

Doctor

Dorothea Wolbert as Lizzie, Cleaning Lady

Dorothea Wolbert

Lizzie, Cleaning Lady

Berton Churchill as The Warden

Berton Churchill

The Warden

William Janney as College Boy at Execution

William Janney

College Boy at Execution

Edward McWade as The Prison Doctor

Edward McWade

The Prison Doctor

G

Gladys Lloyd

Woman

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