Beyond A Reasonable Doubt
Novelist Tom Garrett (Dana Andrews) and publisher Austin Spencer (Sidney Blackmer) intend to show how lawyer Roy Thompson (Philip Bourneuf) has been using circumstantial evidence in capital punishment trials. They concoct a scheme in which flimsy evidence will point to Garrett as a murder suspect, but Spencer will exonerate him at the end. Meanwhile, they keep the plan a secret from Spencer's daughter, Susan (Joan Fontaine), who is engaged to Garrett. However, the trial doesn't go as planned.
Release Date
September 13, 1956
Running Time
80 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes
68%
Starring
Dana Andrews
Joan Fontaine
Credits
Director Fritz Lang
Screenplay Douglas Morrow
Producer Bert E. Friedlob
Cinematography William Snyder
Editing Gene Fowler Jr.
Music Herschel Burke Gilbert
Distributor RKO Radio Pictures
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