Movie

Buried Alive

Released: November 6, 1939 (1939)

Runtime: 62 minutes

Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance

A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed for murder of guard.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Wheeler Oakman as Manning
Age at release: 49
Paul McVey as Jim Henderson
Age at release: 41
George Pembroke as Ernie Matthews
Age at release: 37
Stephen Chase as Dr. Robert Lee
Age at release: 37
Ted Osborne as Ira Hanes
Age at release: 34
George Lynn as Gus Barth
Age at release: 33
Robert Wilcox as Johnny Martin
Age at release: 29
Ben Alexander as Riley
Age at release: 28
Beverly Roberts as Joan Wright
Age at release: 25
Norman Budd as The Kid
Age at release: 25

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Boyd Irwin as Rutledge
Age at release: 59
Robert McKenzie as Al Garrity
Age at release: 59
Frank O'Connor as Guard
Age at release: 58
Edward Earle as Charlie Blake
Age at release: 57
Dick Rush as Guard
Age at release: 57
Jack C. Smith as Mort Jarvis
Age at release: 55
Joe Caits as Joe Rizinsky
Age at release: 51
Al Ferguson as Guard
Age at release: 51
Richard Cramer as Guard
Age at release: 50
Robert Fiske as Prosecuting Attorney Gerald Storm
Age at release: 50
Joe McGuinn as Mike Gurney
Age at release: 35
Don Rowan as Big Billy
Age at release: 34
Dave O'Brien as Carson
Age at release: 27
James McNamara as Wegley
Age at release: 26
Bobby Sherwood as Holmes
Age at release: 25