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7.5/10   1,032 votes
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Richard Murphy (screenplay)
Fulton Oursler (article)
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Release Date:
28 April 1947 (Sweden) more
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It comes back at you again and again!
Plot:
The true story of a prosecutor's fight to prove the innocence of a man accused of a notorious murder. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins more
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Noir Flicks Stretch Genre Limits
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Tense, taut and terrific in semi-documentary style... more (36 total)

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Runtime:
88 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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UK:A (original rating) | Finland:S | USA:Approved (11999, General Audience)
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Film debut of Ed Begley more
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Off-Screen Narrator: ...But his everyday work was with the people of his parish, and especially with those who sought his advice and counsel. Since he was a man of God, his labors sometimes led him into the strains and secret places of mens' souls. He was just and forgiving, but he was also a man, and a stern and uncompromising judge of character.
Father George A. Lambert: [Speaking to an anguished-looking middle-aged man] Stop that! Even if I wanted to forgive you, I... I couldn't. It's out of my hands.
[pause]
Father George A. Lambert: Jim, you're a sick man.
Jim Crossman - Killer: But Father, I...
Father George A. Lambert: We've been through it all before. I can't help you - the sanitarium, perhaps...
Jim Crossman - Killer: No, I won't! If... if people would just...
Father George A. Lambert: It's not people, son; it's you. I told you that before. This time, fortunately, no great harm has been done. But the next time... No, I can't let you go any longer; it's got to be the sanitarium. Have you spoken to your mother about this?
Jim Crossman - Killer: [panicked] You wouldn't tell *her*!
Father George A. Lambert: I haven't spoken to anyone.
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16 out of 21 people found the following review useful.
Tense, taut and terrific in semi-documentary style..., 16 June 2005
8/10
Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

The young ARTHUR KENNEDY was one of our best dramatic actors and proves it in BOOMERANG! by giving a realistic punch to his performance as an innocent man caught in a murder trap. The only man who can save him is attorney DANA ANDREWS, who does a fine job of pointing out weaknesses in the case and destroying the false witnesses.

One of the best of its kind, it's done in brisk, documentary style popular in the early forties. Well worth viewing, beautifully directed and acted by a fine cast.

Jane Wyatt does a nice job, as does Ed Begley and Sam Levene. Based on a true incident, the murder of a popular parish priest in Connecticut, the film is powerful in its demonstration of our justice system and how it sometimes works, but sometimes fails because of behind the scenes dishonesty related to political shenanigans.

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