The Unknown Man (1951)

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Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Release: 1951-11-16
Director: Richard Thorpe
Writers: Ronald Millar , George Froeschel (1891–1979)
Language: English
Stars: Walter Pidgeon (1897–1984) , Ann Harding , Barry Sullivan , Keefe Brasselle , Lewis Stone (I) (1879–1953) , Eduard Franz , Richard Anderson , Dawn Addams , Philip Ober (1902–1982) , Konstantin Shayne
Runtime: 86 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Bradley Mason Story (United States of America) , O Homem Desconhecido (Brazil) , The Unknown Man (Australia) , The Thin Knife (United States of America) , The Unknown Man (United Kingdom) , Lo sconosciuto (Italy) , The Unknown Man (United States of America) , El derecho de matar (Mexico) , Anwalt des Verbrechens , Omul necunoscut (Romania) , Oikeuden nimessä (Finland) , The Unknown Man (Canada) , Behind the Law (United States of America) , O Desconhecido (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , The Unknown Man , O agnostos ekeinis tis nyhtas (Greece) , Den okände (Sweden)
Plot: Prominent attorney Brad Mason takes on the defense of Rudi Walchek, a young hit-man hoodlum accused of murder. Convinced of the youthful thug's innocence, Mason get him acquitted. Later, he learns from the murder-victim's father that Walchek is a low-level member of a protection-racket gang and was undoubtedly guilty. Mason is anxious to get the gang-leader, but when he discovers it is the eminently respected head of the city's Crime Commission, he feels that a conviction in a court-of-law would be impossible. In a rage, he kills the man, but all evidence, including the murder weapon points to Walchek. When the latter is again brought to trial, Mason, although he senses a higher justice is at work, feels he must defend him with the best of his ability.
IMDB:tt0044166