The Last Mile

The Last Mile

The Season's Dramatic Thunderbolt! From the Play that Rocked the Nation!

1932 · 75 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama

Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on death row just before a brutal inmate leads the other convicts in a violent uprising. Walters gets caught up in the riot, while on the outside his friends are trying to find evidence of his innocence.

Directed by Samuel Bischoff · Written by Seton I. Miller

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