Lady in the Death House

Lady in the Death House

5.7IMDb Score
Released:1944-03-15
Duration:56 min
Director:Steve Sekely
Actors:Jean Parker, Lionel Atwill, Douglas Fowley, Marcia Mae Jones, Robert Middlemass
Production:Jack Schwarz Productions, PRC

Overview:

As a woman walks the "last mile" to her execution she remembers back to the incidents that got her framed for murder.

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