Lady in the Death House (1944) DVD [Remastered Edition]
This DVD set has the lovely Jean Parker as the title character, an innocent girl on death row for a crime she didn’t commit. Experience this nail biting film noir drama, which has you guessing who the killer is right till the end.THE PLOT: Jean Parker plays the damsel in distress; she has been accused of murdering a man who had been blackmailing her for a while. All clues lead to her being the murderer, but she denies it right till the end- till she is being taken to the electric chair. Here is a complete review of the film included in this incredible DVD. A young woman, Mary Logan (Jean Parker), is accused of murdering a blackmailer who threatens to tell her boss, Mr. Gregory, that she was the daughter of Tom Logan, a racketeer he prosecuted. Although she claims she was framed. Her love interest, a doctor, Dr. Dwight Bradford (Douglass Fowley), who is conducting experiments on reviving the dead, also happens to be the state's executioner, and is assigned to pull the switch when she is strapped into the electric chair. A famous criminologist, Charles Finch (Lionel Atwill), believing her to be innocent, rushes to investigate the case and clear her before her execution date. Once he figures out who really dunit he and Mary's sister (Marcia Mae Jones) race against the warden's wall clock to get the governor to postpone the execution while Mary's boyfriend, the state executioner, procrastinates on throwing the switch.