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The suspect in a 12-year-old murder case is finally caught and tried, but the witnesses are a bit hard to track down...The suspect in a 12-year-old murder case is finally caught and tried, but the witnesses are a bit hard to track down...The suspect in a 12-year-old murder case is finally caught and tried, but the witnesses are a bit hard to track down...
Iris Adrian
- Marie
- (uncredited)
Vince Barnett
- Joe
- (uncredited)
Michael Barrett
- Eddie Dalbo
- (uncredited)
Al Bridge
- Ulysses Grant Sheldon
- (uncredited)
John Butler
- Alice's Landlord
- (uncredited)
Frank Cady
- Showbox Puppeteer
- (uncredited)
Robert Cavendish
- Dan Brian
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe poem in the letter written to the public defender by Rolene is taken from the poem known as "Tichborne's Elegy". Chidiock Tichborne took part in the 1586 Babington plot to murder Queen Elizabeth and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots. Tichborne wrote the poem to his wife when he was in the Tower of London awaiting execution. The lines in the letter are taken from the second stanza of Tichborne's 3-stanza poem.
- GoofsWhen Paul Bennett is talking to his father in the hospital after the car chase, the man in the background turns twice to walk off screen.
- Quotes
Kerry McGuire: He's right. I've drunk better alcohol out of compasses.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Major Crimes: Poster Boy (2013)
- SoundtracksWishing Will Make It So
(uncredited)
Written by Buddy G. DeSylva
Performed by Lynne Roberts
[Sally sings the song in the opening scene at the bar]
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Fast blast from the past.
A good screenplay :a William Irish-like hero against the outside world ,with father-and-son investigating in the tradition of Ellery Queen .Classic murder mystery indeed.
After risking his life in break-in ,a man whose photograph makes all the headlines ends up in jail for he was once sentenced to death and escaped after his warden had a heart attack.
But he claims he's totally innocent and there were witnesses on that fateful night when the murder was committed. Hence the necessity to find all these people ,some of whom are dead or mentally ill; the problem of the movie is that it's inevitably too short, and too hurried for comfort: one has not enough time to make acquaintance with the witnesses who become suspects overnight. The fast pace of the movie does not help , but the scenes are generally strong and gripping ,acting is convincing.
The subject is very interesting though:how a man ,after a good deed , may go from one extreme (hero) to the other (criminal) overnight.
After risking his life in break-in ,a man whose photograph makes all the headlines ends up in jail for he was once sentenced to death and escaped after his warden had a heart attack.
But he claims he's totally innocent and there were witnesses on that fateful night when the murder was committed. Hence the necessity to find all these people ,some of whom are dead or mentally ill; the problem of the movie is that it's inevitably too short, and too hurried for comfort: one has not enough time to make acquaintance with the witnesses who become suspects overnight. The fast pace of the movie does not help , but the scenes are generally strong and gripping ,acting is convincing.
The subject is very interesting though:how a man ,after a good deed , may go from one extreme (hero) to the other (criminal) overnight.
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- ulicknormanowen
- Jul 12, 2021
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- Public Defender
- Filming locations
- Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, California, USA(the chase scene that ends with the deaths of Lefty McGuire and the two thugs who shot him was filmed on the section of Cahuenga Boulevard that runs along the East side of the Hollywood Freeway near the Mulholland Bridge in the Cahuenga Pass)
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- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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