Directed by:
Mervyn LeRoyCinematography:
Arthur EdesonComposer:
Adolph DeutschCast:
Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Edward Norris, Otto Kruger, Allyn Joslyn, Lana Turner, Linda Perry, Elisha Cook Jr., Cy Kendall, E. Alyn Warren, Elisabeth Risdon (more)Plots(1)
A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with political ambitions, sees the crime as his ticket to the Senate if he can find the right victim to finger for the crime. (MUBI)
Cast
Claude Rains
UK
Best movies:
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Casablanca (1942)
Gloria Dickson
USA
Edward Norris
USA
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Boys Town (1938)
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Otto Kruger
USA
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The Young Philadelphians (1959)
High Noon (1952)
Saboteur (1942)
Allyn Joslyn
USA
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Lana Turner
USA
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Linda Perry
USA
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Elisha Cook Jr.
USA
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Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Cy Kendall
USA
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E. Alyn Warren
USA
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Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Elisabeth Risdon
UK
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Granville Bates
USA
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Ann Shoemaker
USA
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Donald Briggs
USA
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Trevor Bardette
USA
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Gun Crazy (1950)
John Ridgely
USA
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The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
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Frank Faylen
USA
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Harry Davenport
USA
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Gone with the Wind (1939)
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Harry Beresford
UK
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Dinner at Eight (1933)
Anna Karenina (1935)
Eddie Acuff
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.