Beyond a Reasonable Doubt(1956)

movie - first aired/released 1956-09-13 - 80 min - audience 6.8

Crime, Drama

Directed by Fritz Lang

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.