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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

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Crusading publisher Austin Spenser (Sidney Blackmer) wants to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence. Spencer talks his prospective son-in-law Tom Garrett (Dana Andrews) into participating in a hoax, the better to expose the alleged ineptitude of conviction-happy DA (Philip Bourneuf). Tom will plant clues indicating that he is the murderer of a nightclub dancer, then stand trial for murder; just as the jury reaches its inevitable guilty verdict, Spencer will step forth

Unrated, 1 hr. 20 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Directed By: Fritz Lang , Peter Hyams

Written By: Douglas Morrow

In Theaters: Sep 5, 1956 Wide

On DVD: Dec 22, 2009

RKO Pictures

Cast

Dana Andrews
Tom Garrett
Joan Fontaine
Susan Spencer
Sidney Blackmer
Austin Spencer
Barbara Nichols
Dolly Moore
Philip Bourneuf
Thompson
Arthur Franz
Hale
Shepperd Strudwick
Wilson
Edward Binns
Lt. Kennedy
Robin Raymond
Terry Larue
William Leicester
Charlie Miller
Dan Seymour
Greco
Rusty Lane
Judge
Joyce Taylor
Joan
Carleton Young
Kirk
Trudy Wroe
Hatcheck Girl
Joe Kirk
Clerk
Charles Evans
Governor
Wendell Niles
Announcer
Baynes Barron
Higgens
Larry Barton
Customer
William Boyett
Staff
Benny Burt
Reporter
Myron Cook
Reporter
Dorothy Ford
Blonde
Dorothy Gordon
Secretary
Joey Ray
Eddie
Jeffrey Sayre
Foreman of Jury
Harry Strang
Warden
Ralph Volkie
Photographer
Eric Wilton
Clergyman
Frank Mitchell
Waiter
Tony DeMario
Doctor
Carl Sklover
Taxi Driver;Photographe...
Amber Tamblyn
David Jensen
Grant James
Jesse Metcalfe
Joel Moore
Juli Erickson
Megan Brown
Michael Byrnes
Michael Douglas
Tony Bentley
Ed Binns

Critic Reviews for Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

All Critics (9) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (2)

While the purpose may be exemplary, the method the gentlemen employ is highly dubious as a practical exposition. And once it is revealed to prove their point, it should certainly put them in a pickle for conspiring to subvert justice and fool the courts.

February 3, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

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Says a prosecutor, during the trial: 'Beneath his intellectual and cultured exterior, he was moved by brutal impulses.' Is this also Lang's self-indictment? Or an indictment of any artist who trucks in sexual titillation and murder-as-entertainment?

April 29, 2011 Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Strange, complexly styled crime melodrama.

July 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Classic Film and Television

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Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

O �ltimo filme americano de Lang � tamb�m um de seus trabalhos menos interessantes visualmente, tornando-se ainda mais decepcionante em fun��o do roteiro terrivelmente confuso em suas discuss�es morais.

February 29, 2008 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

Twisty courtroom drama about the dangers of capital punishment.

February 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt doesn't add up to much more than proof that Fritz Lang's best years were definitely behind him. The premise of an author setting himself up to be framed for murder to prove the fallibility of circumstantial evidence begs for something to go wrong when the only person who can prove his

November 26, 2007

Michael Gildea

Super Reviewer

Extremely well done Noir with some great twists. Joan Fontaine's performance has a lot more depth then the typical Noir character (certainly skirt) and she does a great job.

September 28, 2007

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