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Two Seconds

Name: Two Seconds
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Released: 1932-01-01

1932 American film directed by Mervyn LeRoy

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Released: 1932
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
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Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Cast: Edward G. Robinson
, Vivienne Osborne
, Preston Foster
Runtime: 68 min
Genre: drama film
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, crime film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English

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Two Seconds is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Edward G. Robinson, Vivienne Osborne and Preston Foster. It was based on a successful Broadway play of the same name by Elliott Lester. The title refers to the two seconds it takes the condemned person to die in the electric chair after the executioner throws the switch. Preston Foster reprises the role he played on the Broadway stage.

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Director of photography: Sol Polito
Movement: Pre-Code Hollywood
Title: Two Seconds
Color: black-and-white
Different from: Two Seconds

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