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The Last Mile was a Broadway play by John Wexley that ran for 289 performances from February 13 1930 to October 1930 at the Sam H. Harris Theatre. It was produced by Herman Shumlin and staged by Chester Erskine. It is set in the death row wing of a prison. The lead role of John Killer Mears was first played by Spencer Tracy and it was the role that bought him to the attention of Hollywood. It was later played for a time by Clark Gable.