The Verdict (1946)

Film details

Featuring

Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre Joan Lorring
Country

USA
Year

1946
Genres

Film noir Thriller
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Big Four Alternative

Synopsis

Crime, film noir, thriller. After accidentally sending the wrong man to the gallows, Superintendent Grodman is released from duty and replaced by ambitious Superintendent Buckley. When another murder takes place, both Grodman and Buckley try to discover who the culprit is, among a host of suspects, including a dance hall singer, a landlady, a detective, and an artist.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Superintendent George Edward Grodman
    
    Sydney Greenstreet
  - Victor Emmeric
    
    Peter Lorre
  - Lotte
    
    Joan Lorring
  - Inspector Buckley
    
    George Coulouris
  - Mrs. Benson
    
    Rosalind Ivan
  - Clive Russell
    
    Paul Cavanagh
  - Reverend Holbrook
    
    Arthur Shields
  - Arthur Kendall
    
    Morton Lowry
  - Police Commissioner Sir William Dawson
    
    Holmes Herbert
  - PC Warren
    
    Art Foster
  - Barney Cole
    
    Clyde Cook
  - [Robertson, undertaker]
    
    Milton Parsons
  - [jury foreman]
    
    Ian Wolfe
  - [man in courtroom]
    
    Sam Harris
  - [prison governor]
    
    Boyd Davis
  - [Sister Brown]
    
    Janet Murdoch
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Don Siegel
  - Production Company
    
    Warner Bros.
  - Executive Producer
    
    Jack L. Warner
  - Producer
    
    William Jacobs
  - Dialogue director
    
    Felix Jacoves
  - Screenplay
    
    Peter Milne
  - From a novel 'The Big Bow Mystery' by
    
    Israel Zangwill
  - Director of Photography
    
    Ernest Haller
  - Special effects (director)
    
    William McGann
  - Special Effects
    
    Robert Burks
  - Editor
    
    Thomas Reilly
  - Montage
    
    James Leicester
  - Art Director
    
    Ted Smith
  - Set Decorator
    
    Jack McConaghy
  - Set Decorator
    
    G.W. Berntsen
  - Wardrobe
    
    Travilla
  - Make-up Artist
    
    Perc Westmore
  - Music
    
    Frederick Hollander
  - Music Director
    
    Leo F. Forbstein
  - Orchestral arrangements
    
    Leonid Raab
  - Sound
    
    C.A. Riggs
  - [Technical adviser]
    
    D.R.O. Hatswell