Released:
1956-09-13

Overview:
A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.

Director:
Fritz Lang

Runtime:
1h 20min

Genre:
Crime, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Dana Andrews
  as
  Tom Garrett
• 
  Joan Fontaine
  as
  Susan Spencer
• 
  Sidney Blackmer
  as
  Austin Spencer
• 
  Arthur Franz
  as
  Bob Hale
• 
  Philip Bourneuf
  as
  Roy Thompson