This Side of the Law (1950)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Release: 1950-06-17
Director: Richard L. Bare
Writers: Richard Sale , Russell S. Hughes
Language: English
Stars: Viveca Lindfors , Kent Smith , Janis Paige , Robert Douglas , John Alvin , Monte Blue , Frances Morris , Nita Talbot , Edgar Dearing , Michael Mark
Runtime: 74 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Ambição Mortal (Brazil) , Ston iskio tou mystiriou (Greece) , Deadlock (United States of America) , El que no volvió (Mexico) , Στον ίσκιο του μυστηρίου (Greece) , This Side of the Law , Lain tällä puolen (Finland) , Il pozzo maledetto (Italy) , Möte med mördare (Sweden) , Gangster ohne Gnade , This Side of the Law (United States of America) , The Doctor Deals in Death (United States of America) , This Side of the Law (United Kingdom)
Plot: David Cummings, a vagrant, is bailed out of jail by Philip Cagle, an attorney, who hires him to impersonate a missing millionaire, whose presence is necessary in order to distribute a $3,000,000 estate. Cummings' masquerade involves fooling the missing man's wife, his brother and the brother's wife. Cagle, desiring to be rid of Cummings, sets actions in play which ends in murder, attempted murder and the entombment of Cummings. Can he dig his way out and set things right?
IMDB:tt0043040