After an overly aggressive district attorney unknowingly sends an innocent man to the chair, he resigns, turns to drinking, and acquires a criminal clientèle.After an overly aggressive district attorney unknowingly sends an innocent man to the chair, he resigns, turns to drinking, and acquires a criminal clientèle.After an overly aggressive district attorney unknowingly sends an innocent man to the chair, he resigns, turns to drinking, and acquires a criminal clientèle.
- Edward Clary
- (as DeForest Kelly)
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Did you know
- TriviaFrank Garland's impressive collection of Impressionist art actually was loaned to the film by collector Edward G. Robinson. Included are works by Gaugin, Degas, Duran, and Robinson's wife, Gladys Lloyd. The collective value of the paintings at the time was estimated to be $213,000 ($2.44M in 2023) for insurance purposes.
- GoofsWhen Victor Scott addresses the jury he refers to the 45 revolver used to kill Gloria Benson in the opening scene. The gun in fact is a semi-automatic pistol, not a revolver.
- Quotes
Victor Scott: [answering the phone] Mr. Scott's office.
[pause]
Victor Scott: No, this is not the Safeway Cleaners and Dryers!
[hanging up]
Victor Scott: Some idiot wants his pants pressed.
Miss Hinkel: Maybe we oughta get a new number.
Victor Scott: No, not so fast. We may be pressing pants yet!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Illegal: Marked for Life (2007)
- SoundtracksToo Marvelous for Words
(uncredited)
Music by Richard A. Whiting
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Performed by Jayne Mansfield (dubbed by Bonnie Lou Williams)
This is NOT Jayne Mansfield, though she makes her movie debut here. She's good, too. (She was generally good but she's more restrained than the out-sized characterizations she took on later.) Edward G. Robinson plays an ambitious prosecuting attorney who nabs the killer in a good court room scene. But IS he the killer? I'm giving nothing beyond the first ten or 15 fifteen minutes away to say that he's not. The sequence in which Robinson desperately tries to get through to the prison where the guy is about to be executed is an eloquent plea against capital punishment.
Nina Foch is excellent as the woman who views Robinson as a father figure. She isn't given a whole lot to do but she has a very strong presence. There's a lot of Joan Fontaine in her appearance and delivery. And she presages the young, glamorous Kathleen Turner.
The supporting cast players are well cast too. Ellen Corby (yes, of "The Waltons") stands out among them.
This is not a great movie. Maybe that's because it's a reasonably faithful remake of a movie I've already seen. It's a thriller, though; so be sure to give it a try.
- Handlinghandel
- Aug 20, 2007
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- Release date
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- Also known as
- Nevino osudjen
- Filming locations
- 100 block of West 4th Street, Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA(Victor and Miss Hinkel drive East on 4th St. followed by Andy and the police following Victor's meeting with Garland near movie's end)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1