District Attorney Frank Craven is a guest lecturer in Charles Waldron's law class. His subject: circumstantial evidence can mislead you, told in a story about how he convicted the wrong man. We then enter flashback territory....
It has a nice script and some old hands on view, including Donald Woods, Jerome Cowan, Irving Bacon, Charles Lane, and in her screen debut, Vivian Blaine. Under the direction of oilman-turned director Thomas Z. Lorin it's a tad plodding, but it demonstrates the easy competence of 20 Century-Fox's B studio.
Don't be misled by the flashback structure. It's nowhere near a film noir.
It has a nice script and some old hands on view, including Donald Woods, Jerome Cowan, Irving Bacon, Charles Lane, and in her screen debut, Vivian Blaine. Under the direction of oilman-turned director Thomas Z. Lorin it's a tad plodding, but it demonstrates the easy competence of 20 Century-Fox's B studio.
Don't be misled by the flashback structure. It's nowhere near a film noir.