I'd Give My Life
Cast & Crew
Edwin L. Marin
Sir Guy Standing
Frances Drake
Tom Brown
Janet Beecher
Robert Glecker
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Synopsis
Nickie Elkins and his girl friend, Mary Reyburn, a nightclub singer, are at the airfield when the governor's wife, Stella Bancroft, and his mother land. While talking to the press, Stella's hat blows off and Nickie graciously returns it. Nickie and Mary work for racketeer Buck Gordon, but are eager to lead decent lives, so when Gordon orders Nickie to murder a double-crossing jockey, Nickie refuses. Then Gordon tells Nickie that he is his father and that his mother is the governor's wife. Enraged, Nickie kills Gordon, and when he is arrested, he will not disclose his motive. Stella, who was once married to Gordon but believes her son is dead, feels a strong sympathy for Nickie and, along with the warden and Nickie's attorney, Bill Chase, pleads for a stay of execution when the boy is sentenced to hang. The governor speaks personally with Nickie, but he still refuses to talk. Mary goes to death row, where Nickie gives her a letter to give to Stella after the hanging. After he is taken to the gallows, Mary goes to wait at the governor's mansion. When the governor rises that morning, he discovers that someone has put through a stay of execution in his name. He sends for Nickie, and one of Gordon's thugs calls to reveal Nickie's identity. Stella reads the letter and embraces her son, after which the governor's mother admits that she called the warden on her son's behalf. Mary and Nickie are reunited, and the governor is confident that the state will issue a pardon.
Director
Edwin L. Marin
Cast
Sir Guy Standing
Frances Drake
Tom Brown
Janet Beecher
Robert Glecker
Helen Lowell
Paul Hurst
Charles C. Wilson
Charles Richman
Tom Jackson
Charles Judels
Robert Elliott
William Burress
Corbett Morris
Franklin Parker
James Eagles
Crew
Ralph Berger
Archie Buchanan
Con Conrad
Hugo Grenzbach
Vernon Keays
Bert Lytell
Herb Magidson
Duncan Mansfield
Ira Morgan
Boris Morros
George O'neil
Richard Rowland
Ben Ryan
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Notes
This was Richard Rowland's first film with Paramount. According to New York Times, Arthur Mayer of the Rialto Theatre billed this film as The Noose when it was shown in New York. Motion Picture Herald erroneously lists Clarence Wilson, not Charles C. Wilson, in the role of the warden. This story was first made as The Noose, presented by Richard Rowland for First National in 1928, directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Richard Barthelmess and Montagu Love (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.3877).
