The Film
Two Seconds
HIS LIFE WAS A LIVING HELL until he killed the thing that Crushed him!
The Story
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 (Vivienne Osborne) dupe a high rise riveter (Edward G. Robinson) 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.
fall from height adulterous wife uncaring wife naive young man downward spiral dancehall extreme measures nasty wife emasculation life lessons domineering wife riveter sleaze wife murderer evil woman told in flashback pre-code dancehall girl bookie execution capital punishment electric chair murder flashback woman between two men just married death row
Runtime
67 min
Released May 1932
Gallery
The Stills.
