Two innocent men are wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The fiance of one of them convinces a police detective of their innocence, and together they try to find the real ...
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| Maureen O'Sullivan | ... | Mary Roberts | |
| Henry Fonda | ... | 'Brick' Tennant | |
| Ralph Bellamy | ... | Lieutenant Everett | |
| Alan Baxter | ... | Joe Linden | |
| Stanley Ridges | ... | District Attorney | |
| Henry Kolker | ... | Chief of Police | |
| George Lynn | ... | Joe Taylor (as Peter Lynn) | |
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| Phillip Trent | ... | Frank Burke (as Philip Trent) | |
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Two innocent men are wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The fiance of one of them convinces a police detective of their innocence, and together they try to find the real killer before the men's execution date. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com
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EnglishRelease Date:
21 July 1939 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Laissez-nous vivre See more »Filming Locations:
Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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(1808) (uncredited)
Music traditional
Played on a phonograph in death row
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Several people are in studio records/casting call lists as cast members, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names, if any): Ernie Adams (Mechanic), Ian Maclaren (Priest), Eddie Laughton (Cab Driver), Richard Cramer, Cyril Ring, Brandon Tynan and Landers Stevens. See more »Soundtracks
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms(1808) (uncredited)
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Played on a phonograph in death row
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Maureen O'Sullivan and Henry Fonda star in "Let Us Live," a 1939 film also starring Ralph Bellamy. Fonda plays a cab driver engaged to O'Sullivan. He and the friend who is staying with him are arrested for a robbery/murder after being identified by witnesses in a lineup. They are convicted at trial and sentenced to death.
It falls to the investigating detective on the case (Bellamy) and O'Sullivan to work to clear the two men. Meanwhile, the two innocent men rot in jail with the clock ticking quickly toward execution.
This has to be the fastest trip to the gas chamber in history - we've all read the stories of people languishing on death row for 18 years. It seems like these guys only had a couple of weeks before their execution date.
The idea behind this film, though, is solid: The police believe they have the perpetrators, the DA doesn't want anything rocking the boat (even a similar robbery while the two men were in prison), and refuses to stay the executions.
I can never get over how much Jane Fonda looks like her dad when I see Fonda in early films. He gives an excellent performance here, that of a bitter, angry man convicted of something he didn't do. I always felt that Fonda as an actor became more internalized as he aged - I prefer the more emotional performances of his. O'Sullivan is energetic and determined as his fiancée, and Bellamy is good in the supporting role.
A dark, sobering film about the dangers of rushing to judgment.