Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Fritz Lang

Writer:

Douglas Morrow (story)

Release Date:

5 September 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Film-Noir | Drama

Tagline:

Put them all together they spell M-U-R-D-E-R !

Plot:

Writer sets himself up to take murder rap to show the errors of circumstantial evidence. With a friend...

Plot Keywords:

Trial | Falsely Convicted | Beautiful Woman | Twist In The End

Cast

Dana Andrews	...	Tom Garrett
Joan Fontaine	...	Susan Spencer
Sidney Blackmer	...	Austin Spencer
Arthur Franz	...	Bob Hale
Philip Bourneuf	...	Roy Thompson
Ed Binns	...	Lt. Kennedy
Shepperd Strudwick	...	Jonathan Wilson
Robin Raymond	...	Terry Larue
Barbara Nichols	...	Dolly Moore
William F. Leicester	...	Charlie Miller (as William Leicester)
Dan Seymour	...	Greco
Rusty Lane	...	Judge
Joyce Taylor	...	Joan Williams
Carleton Young	...	Allan Kirk
Trudy Wroe	...	Hatcheck girl

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (certificate #18013) | UK:PG (re-rating) (1990) | West Germany:12 (f) | UK:A (original rating) (1956) | Finland:K-16

Company:

Bert E. Friedlob Productions

Trivia:

The last film that 'Fritz Lang' made in the USA before returning to Germany.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Ritual (2001/I)

Soundtrack:

Beyond A Reasonable Doubt

Very surprising

This film was on TV not too long ago, and I loved it. I was watching because of the cast, Dana Andrews and Joan Fontaine are reason enough to watch it, but I was very pleasantly surprised. I knew that there was going to be some sort of twist ending, so I was expecting the unexpected - and I was still surprised! Good performances from the entire cast, a job very well done.