Movie
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Overview
A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.
Details
- Release date
- 1956-09-13
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Bert E. Friedlob Productions, RKO Radio Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Dana Andrews as Tom Garrett
- Joan Fontaine as Susan Spencer
- Sidney Blackmer as Austin Spencer
- Arthur Franz as Bob Hale
- Philip Bourneuf as Roy Thompson
- Edward Binns as Lt. Kennedy
- Shepperd Strudwick as Jonathan Wilson
- Robin Raymond as Terry Larue
- Barbara Nichols as Dolly Moore
- William F. Leicester as Charlie Miller
- Dan Seymour as Greco
- Rusty Lane as Judge
Crew
- Fritz Lang - Director
- Douglas Morrow - Screenplay
- Douglas Morrow - Story
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