Two Seconds (1932) review

Before he's put to death in the electric chair, construction worker John (Edward G. Robinson) has (part of) his life "flash in front of him": he tells his roommate and coworker Bud (Preston Foster) about how he wants to date a woman with an education (because he doesn't have one) only to wind up with "dance girl" Shirley (Vivienne Osborne) who forces him to marry her and destroys him.  For most of the technically brief running time John frets over whether or not Shirley's "on the level" - code for "not a tramp" - and his friend Bud keeps barking at him that he's making the wrong move (and meets his fate in a gruesome manner) ... and of course it doesn't have what you'd call a very flattering look at women (the "unattractive" ones are called "firetrucks").  Robinson goes a little too far with the "psychiatric ailments" ... but I'll just blame LeRoy for not settling him down.