Beyond a Reasonable Doubt [Blu-ray]

Director: Fritz Lang Fritz Lang

Overview

Crusading publisher Austin Spenser (Sidney Blackmer) wants to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence. Spencer talks his prospective son-in-law Tom Garrett (Dana Andrews) into participating in a hoax, the better to expose the alleged ineptitude of conviction-happy DA (Philip Bourneuf). Tom will plant clues indicating that he is the murderer of a nightclub dancer, then stand trial for murder; just as the jury reaches its inevitable guilty verdict, Spencer will step forth to reveal the set-up and humiliate the DA. Somewhat surprisingly, Tom eagerly agrees to this subterfuge. Unfortunately, an unforeseen event renders their perfectly formed scheme useless. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt was the last American film of director Fritz Lang.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/13/2018
UPC:	0888574624095
Original Release:	1956
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[B&W, Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:20:00
Sales rank:	20,784

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Dana Andrews	Tom Garrett
Joan Fontaine	Susan Spencer
Sidney Blackmer	Austin Spencer
Philip Bourneuf	Roy Thompson
Arthur Franz	Bob Hale
Shepperd Strudwick	Jonathan Wilson
Edward Binns	Lt. Kennedy
Robin Raymond	Terry Larue
Barbara Nichols	Dolly Moore
William Leicester	Charlie Miller
Dan Seymour	Greco
Rusty Lane	Judge
Joyce Taylor	Joan Williams
Carleton Young	Allan Kirk
Trudy Wroe	Hat Check Girl
Joe Kirk	Clerk
Charles Evans	Governor
Wendell Niles	Announcer
Dorothy Ford	Blonde
Larry Barton	Customer
Frank Mitchell	Waiter
Carl Sklover	Taxi Driver;Photographer
Baynes Barron	Higgens
Jeffrey Sayre	Foreman of Jury
Dorothy Gordon	Secretary
Eric Wilton	Clergyman
Harry Strang	Warden
Tony De Mario	Doctor
Benny Burt	Reporter
Myron Cook	Reporter
Ralph Volkie	Photographer
Herschel Gilbert	Composer

Technical Credits

Douglas Morrow

Fritz Lang	Director
Bert E. Friedlob	Producer
Douglas Morrow	Screenwriter
Darrell Silvera	Sound/Sound Designer
Jimmy Thompson	Sound/Sound Designer
Terry Kellum	Sound/Sound Designer