An Act of Murder (1948)

Film details

Featuring

Fredric March Florence Eldridge Edmond O'Brien
Country

USA
Year

1948
Genre

Legal and Courtroom drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Live Today for Tomorrow Alternative
Case against Calvin Cooke Alternative

Synopsis

Judge survives accident in which he has tried to mercy-kill sick wife He insists on being arrested for murder but is acquitted as trial proves that she died from self-administered overdose.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - cast member
    
    Fredric March
  - cast member
    
    Florence Eldridge
  - cast member
    
    Edmond O'Brien
  - cast member
    
    Geraldine Brooks
  - cast member
    
    Stanley Ridges
  - cast member
    
    John McIntire
  - cast member
    
    Virginia Brissac
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Michael Gordon
  - Production Company
    
    Universal Pictures Company
  - Producer
    
    Jerry Bresler
  - Script
    
    Michael Blankfort
  - Script
    
    Robert Thoeren
  - Original novel
    
    Ernst Lothar
  - Photography
    
    Hal Mohr
  - Editor
    
    Ralph Dawson
  - Music
    
    Daniele Amfitheatrof
  - Orchestrations
    
    David Tamkin

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An Act of Murder (1948)

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