Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Put them all together they spell M-U-R-D-E-R!
Put them all together they spell M-U-R-D-E-R!
Crime, Drama
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1956
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A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.
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Details
Runtime:
80 min
Release date:
13 Sep 1956
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 nomination
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Fritz Lang's direction does what it can to inject suspense and interest but the melodrama never really jells.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
Lang's most austere film, reducing the characters to pawns arbitrarily shifted in demonstration of a fascinating theorem.
– Tom Milne,
Time Out,
3 Feb 2007
fresh:
Once he's raised the standard social issues, Lang destroys them all with a shatteringly nihilistic conclusion.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
3 Feb 2007
rotten:
While the purpose may be exemplary, the method the gentlemen employ is highly dubious as a practical exposition. And once it is revealed to prove their point, it should certainly put them in a pickle for conspiring to subvert justice and fool the courts.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
3 Feb 2007