Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

Directors

Fritz Lang

Cast

Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer, Arthur Franz, Philip Bourneuf

The story

Austin Spencer, a wealthy newspaper publisher who opposes the death penalty, wants to prove that innocent men could be convicted and executed based on circumstantial evidence. He convinces his daughter Susan's fiancé, successful novelist and former employee Tom Garrett, to participate in a hoax in an attempt to expose the city's overzealous district attorney Roy Thompson and strike a blow against capital punishment. Spencer's plan is for Tom to plant clues that will lead to his arrest for the recent murder of a female nightclub dancer, Patty Gray.

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