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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 13, 1956

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Crime, Drama

User Score

69%

Original Title

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Production Companies

Bert E. Friedlob Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

Director

Fritz Lang

Description

A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.