Beyond a reasonable doubt

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Statement of responsibility: an RKO Radio picture ; story and screenplay by Douglas Morrow ; produced by Bert Friedlob ; directed by Fritz Lang ; a Bert Friedlob Productions, Inc. production ; distributed by RKO Radio Pictures

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Summary: Crusading publisher Austin Spenser wants to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence. Spencer talks his prospective son-in-law Tom Garrett into participating in a hoax, the better to expose the alleged ineptitude of conviction-happy DA. 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

Credits note: Photography, William Snyder ; supervising editor, Gene Fowler, Jr. ; music, Herschel Burke Gilbert

Language note: In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired

PerformerNote: Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer, Arthur Franz, Philip Bourneuf, Edward Binns, Shepperd Strudwick, Robin Raymond, Barbara Nichols

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