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Let Us Live (1939)

Directed by John Brahm

When taxi driver Brick (Henry Fonda) is wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to death, his fiancée (Maureen O’Sullivan) fights to prove his innocence and clear his name before it’s too late, but in the grip of a callous legal system, saving Brick’s life and his psyche may be a challenge in this high-stakes thriller.

Columbia Pictures Corp. Producer: William Perlberg. Screenwriter: Anthony Veiller, Allen Rivkin. Cinematographer: Lucien Ballard. Editor: Al Clark. Cast: Maureen O’Sullivan, Henry Fonda, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Baxter, Stanley Ridges.

35mm, b/w, 68 min.