Accused of Murder (1956)

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Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1956-12-21
Director: Joseph Kane
Writers: Robert Creighton Williams , W.R. Burnett
Language: English
Stars: David Brian , Vera Ralston , Sidney Blackmer , Virginia Grey , Warren Stevens , Lee Van Cleef , Barry Kelley , Richard Karlan , Frank Puglia , Elisha Cook Jr.
Runtime: 74 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Schach dem Mörder (Austria) , Keskiyön murhaaja (Finland) , Acuzată de crimă (Romania) , Accused of Murder (Canada) , Acusado de assassínio (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Accused of Murder , I gangster non perdonano (Italy) , Acusado de asesinato (Mexico) , Marcado para a Morte (Brazil) , Mord etter midnatt (Norway) , Accused of Murder (United States of America) , Schach dem Mörder , Mord efter midnatt (Sweden)
Plot: When gangland lawyer Frank Hobart is murdered there are two suspects, Ilona Vanve , beautiful nightclub singer, and a hood named Stan , who has been hired by underworld boss Chad Bayliss to kill Hobart. Attracted to Ilona, Lt. Detective Roy Hargis tries to protect her in spite of the growing evidence against her and the pressure put on him by his assistant, Sergeant Lackey. Hargis thinks the case has broken when a dance-hall girl, Sandra Lamoreaux , who saw Stan at the scene of the murder, tries to use this information to blackmail him, and is badly beaten. She manages to talk to Hargis, and her story brings about Stan's capture and conviction for murder. But he didn't do it. It is now up to Hargis to either clear or convict Ilona.
IMDB:tt0048924