- Country: USA
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Release: 1945-09-27
- Director: Sam Newfield
- Writers: Fred Myton
- Language: English
- Stars: Hugh Beaumont , Ann Savage , Russell Hicks , Charles D. Brown
- Runtime: 67 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Apology for Murder (United States of America) , Apology for Murder , Apology for Murder (United Kingdom)
- Plot: Reporter Kenny Blake (Hugh Beaumont) falls in love with scheming Toni Kirkland ('Ann Savage') not knowing that she is married to Harvey Kirkland (Russell Hicks), a man years older than she. By the time he finds out, he is so under her spell that he murders her husband which is what Toni had planned all along. City editor Ward McKee (Charles D. Brown, Kenny's boss and best friend, begins to pursue the tangled threads of the crime relentlessly and gradually closes the net on Kenny. The latter is mortally wounded by Toni, who has deserted him for another man.
- IMDB:tt0037518
Apology for Murder Cast · · · ALL
Sam Newfield
Director
Hugh Beaumont
Kenny Blake
Ann Savage
Toni Kirkland
Charles D. Brown
Ward McGee
Russell Hicks
Harvey Kirkland
Pierre Watkin
Craig Jordan
Budd Buster
Jed
Norman Willis
Allen Webb
Elizabeth Valentine
Mrs. Harper
George Sherwood
Lieutenant Edwards
Sarah Padden
Maggie
Eva Novak
Maid
Wheaton Chambers
Minister
Arch Hall Sr.
Paul (as Archie Hall)
Henry Hall
Warden
Jack Perrin
Reporter (Uncredited)