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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) 6.9
A novelist aided by his future father-in-law conspires to frame himself in the murder of a stripper as part of an effort to ban capital punishment. Director:Fritz LangWriter:Douglas Morrow (story) |
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Cast
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Tom Garrett
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Susan Spencer
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Austin Spencer
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Bob Hale
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Dist. Atty. Roy Thompson
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Jonathan Wilson
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Robin Raymond | ... |
Terry Larue
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Dolly Moore
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Charlie Miller
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Greco
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Judge
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Joan Williams
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Allan Kirk
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Writer sets himself up to take murder rap to show the errors of circumstantial evidence. With a friend holding back evidence so he can prove his innocence at the last minute, he goes to trial. But during the trial, his friend is killed in a car accident. Written by Humberto Amador
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trial | circumstantial evidence | writer | car accident | capital punishment |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 September 1956 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Jenseits allen Zweifels See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Color:
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Sung by The Hi-Los (as The Hi-Lo's)
Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert
Lyrics by Alfred Perry
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"Beyond A Reasonable Doubt"Sung by The Hi-Los (as The Hi-Lo's)
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"Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" is a curious film - it has the look and feel of a B movie and two stars who had seen better days - Dana Andrews and Joan Fontaine - yet it's a good script directed by Fritz Lang. A novelist (Andrews) and his future father-in-law, a newspaper magnet (Sidney Blackmer) work together to prove that the death penalty isn't justified by framing Andrews for a recent murder.
I thought the story excellent with some exciting twists, though the whole movie has an underplayed (not to mention inexpensive) feeling to it. Fontaine seemed a little old for her role. However, she does a good job as a sophisticate, and Andrews is good as well. Barbara Nichols does a fine job in a typical supporting role for her.
Lang returned to Germany after this film, his last in America. It's an effective plot but one wishes the man who made Metropolis and so many other fine films was given more of a budget for his swansong.