Tuesday 15 March 2016

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956 Fritz Lang)

Not top-drawer Lang is actually quite talky, though you have to admit that Doug Morrow's story is ingenious, the twist ending even helping to explain why a man would go through the process of appearing to look guilty for murder despite being innocent.

Sidney Blackmer is his colluding journalist and Joan Fontaine the daughter, Arthur Franz investigates, Philip Bourneuf is the DA and Barbara Nichols the dancer.

Herschel Burke Gilbert's music echoes Rózsa's score for Double Indemnity. A late RKO film.

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