The read
It runs a compact 1h 7m.
Synopsis
A reporter sets out to provide how unreliable circumstantial evidence is by faking a murder and then taking the rap for it. However, the "fake" murder victim turns out to be really dead
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles LamontDirector
- Ewart AdamsonScreenplay
Cast
- Chick ChandlerJames Richard 'Jim' Baldwin
- Shirley GreyAdrienne Grey
- Arthur VintonFred Stevens
- Claude KingRalph Winters
- Dorothy RevierBernice Winters
- Lee MoranSpike Horton
- Carl StockdaleGeorge Malone
- Eddie PhillipsHarris
- Edward KeaneJudge Samuels
- Robert FrazerDistrict Attorney
- Huntley GordonThe Governor (as Huntly Gordon)
- Lew KellyDetective Taylor
Stills
Themes
death rowreporterpolice investigationframe upjury trialnewspaper headlinefaking evidence