Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

1956 · directed by Fritz Lang

Rating
69/100
Hit
no

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.

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956), directed by Fritz Lang, rates 69/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Dana Andrews
  • Joan Fontaine
  • Sidney Blackmer
  • Arthur Franz
  • Philip Bourneuf
  • Edward Binns
  • Shepperd Strudwick
  • Robin Raymond
  • Barbara Nichols
  • William F. Leicester

Crew

  • William E. Snyder — Director of Photography
  • Gene Fowler Jr. — Editor
  • Herschel Burke Gilbert — Original Music Composer
  • Douglas Morrow — Screenplay

More from Fritz Lang

  1. M (1931) — 100/100 · hit
  2. Metropolis (1927) — 88/100 · hit
  3. Scarlet Street (1945) — 86/100 · hit
  4. The Big Heat (1953) — 85/100 · hit
  5. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924) — 85/100 · hit
  6. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922) — 84/100 · hit

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