The Verdict

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Verdict, 1946.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Verdict, 1946.

Fired for hanging an innocent man, ex-Superintendent Grodman (Sydney Greenstreet) departs Scotland Yard, freaks out with help from director Don Siegel, then joins friends Emmric (Peter Lorre) and Kendall (Morton Lowry), nephew of the victim of the crime in question, in The Verdict, 1946.

George Coulouris is Buckley, the policeman who brought about the firing of his predecessor Grodman (Sydney Greenstreet), here chuckling with friend Victor (Peter Lorre), then sly Lottie (Joan Loring) at the crime scene, in The Verdict, 1946, directed by Don Siegel.

Neatly integrated credit sequence, notable as the first shot in Don Siegel's career as a feature director, opening the last of eight Warner Bros. pictures co-starring Sydney Greensteet, here as a London policeman, and Peter Lorre, from The Verdict, 1946.