Movie Information
Overall Rank: 6467
Average Rating: 2.7/4
# of Ratings: 14
Theatrical Release Date: 03/05/1947
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 05/09/2010
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Elia Kazan
Actors: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Cara Williams, Ed Begley, Arthur Kennedy
Plot: Based on the true story of a vagrant who was accused of murder, only to be found innocent through the efforts of the prosecutor.
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1.5/4
Allison - wrote on 10/18/2008
I had been looked forward to it for so long, but it was still not that great. It seemed pretty boring.
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2.5/4
"Boomerang!" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 05/19/2012
An honest district attourney is pressured into convicting a man accused of the murder of a priest, but when he examines the evidence he has second thoughts as to the man's guilt. Rather similar to 12 Angry Men, which was released 10 years later and also featured Lee J. Cobb and Ed Begley, this is an intelligent courtroom drama based on a real case from the same director as Brando's On The Waterfront and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. It shows not only the investigation of the evidence, but also the pressures behind the scenes from self-serving politicians, the press and a public eager for a quick conviction. Dana Andrews is solid as the crusading DA, but it is Cobb's worldly wise chief of police and Arthur Kennedy as the suspect railroaded into a false confession that are the stand-out …
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