Directed by:
Richard L. BareScreenplay:
Russell S. HughesCinematography:
Carl E. GuthrieComposer:
William LavaCast:
Viveca Lindfors, Kent Smith, Janis Paige, Robert Douglas, Edward Van Sloan, Monte Blue, Nita Talbot, Frances Morris, Forbes Murray, John Alvin, Edgar Dearing (more)Plots(1)
The Taylor family has long awaited this moment. The final bequest of Malcolm Taylor, a millionaire missing nearly seven years and about to be declared dead, will go into effect and his heirs will own his Sans Souci estate. But - just like that - dreams of wealth and power slip from everyone's grasp. There, standing inside Sans Souci and very alive, is Malcolm. Kent Smith (Cat People) portrays a hard-luck vagrant and Malcolm look-alike manipulated by a shady attorney (Robert Douglas) into posing as the millionaire. Will anyone see through the ruse - the wife (Viveca Lindfors) who detested Malcolm, the brother (John Alvin), the secret lover (Janis Paige)? Mystery and murder darken the film noir doorstep in This Side Of The Law. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Viveca Lindfors
Sweden
Best movies:
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
The Story of Ruth (1960)
Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987)
Kent Smith
USA
Best movies:
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
A Distant Trumpet (1964)
Sayonara (1957)
Janis Paige
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
Robert Douglas
UK
Best movies:
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Edward Van Sloan
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Bernadette (1943)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
Monte Blue
USA
Best movies:
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Nita Talbot
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Caged (1950)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Frances Morris
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Caged (1950)
Conflict (1945)
Forbes Murray
Canada
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
John Alvin
USA
Best movies:
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Carrie (1952)
Edgar Dearing
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Michael Mark
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Casablanca (1942)
City Girl (1930)