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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 83% of the 156 1950s crime movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
172 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard FleischerDirector
- Richard MurphyScreenplay
- Lionel NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Dean StockwellJudd Steiner
- Bradford DillmanArthur A. Straus
- Orson WellesJonathan Wilk
- E.G. MarshallDistrict Attorney Harold Horn
- Diane VarsiRuth Evans
- Martin MilnerSid Brooks
- Richard AndersonMax Steiner
- Robert F. SimonPolice Lt. Johnson
- Robert BurtonCharles Straus
- Wilton GraffMr. Steiner
- Louise LorimerMrs. Straus aka 'Mumsy'
- Gavin MacLeodPadua - Horn's Assistant
Stills
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Themes
death penaltybased on novel or bookpolicephilosophychild murderbased on true storylawyercourtroomglassesarrogancesuspensefulsuperiority