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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

1956 · 80 min

A tense, cerebral noir that keeps you guessing with its clever plot and moral quandaries, building to a devastatingly ironic climax.

Tagline
Put them all together they spell M-U-R-D-E-R!
Overview
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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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • deception
  • guilt
  • morality
  • death
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Fritz Lang
Written by
Douglas Morrow
Starring
Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer, Arthur Franz, Philip Bourneuf, Edward Binns, Shepperd Strudwick, Robin Raymond
Music
Herschel Burke Gilbert
Cinematography
William E. Snyder
Runtime
80 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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