Two Seconds

IMDb link: 0023629
IMDb rating: 6.9 (1,396 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Preston Foster, Guy Kibbee, Vivienne Osborne and others

Release date: 28 May 1932
Release year: 1932
Runtime: 67 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: gold digger, infidelity, mental illness, construction worker, melodrama, new york city, psychological thriller, condemned man, drunkenness, unfaithful wife

Plot:

John Allen has flashback of his life leading up to his execution. He is a riveter by trade, but he goes out and gets drunk and marries Shirley, a dance hall girl. His roomie and co-worker Bud is against the union, but Allen won't back down. They argue at work at the top of a 6" steel beam, and Bud falls to his death. Allen, in a deep depression, hits a big windfall on the horses and goes to find Shirley.

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