Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

1956 | 1h 20m | Drama, Suspense | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

Acclaimed director Fritz Lang weaves a twisting film noir of an overly zealous district attorney, a crusading newspaper editor opposed to capital punishment and a novelist looking for a good story who agrees to allow himself to be found guilty of murder.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Fritz Lang

CAST

Dana Andrews

Joan Fontaine

Sidney Blackmer

Arthur Franz

Philip Bourneuf

PRODUCERS

Bert Friedlob

WRITERS

Douglas Morrow

Related Videos

Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Execution
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Meant to be chilling opening from director Fritz Lang, writer Garrett (Dana Andrews) and editor Spencer (Sidney Blackmer) witnessing an execution, in Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, 1956.
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (1956) -- (Movie Clip) You'll Get The Chair
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Writer Garrett (Dana Andrews) and ex-boss/future father-in-law Spencer (Sidney Blackmer) discussing how to prove capital punishment unjust, in Fritz Lang's Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, 1956.
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (1956) -- (Movie Clip) He Can't Be Dead!
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Lawyer Wilson (Shepperd Strudwick) brings news to Garrett (Dana Andrews) that the guy helping him pose as a murder suspect has died, fianceè Susan (Joan Fontaine) helping in aftermath, in Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, 1956.
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (1956) -- (Movie Clip) To Tom From Susan
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Romantic bit with writer Garrett (Dana Andrews) and fianceè Susan (Joan Fontaine), including chat with her father editor Spencer (Sidney Blackmer), in Fritz Lang's Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, 1956.
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Beyond A Reasonable Doubt -- (Original Trailer)
Trailer
Director Fritz Lang's last American movie, Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (1956), concerns a novelist (Dana Andrews) who frames himself for murder.

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