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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Put them all together they spell M-U-R-D-E-R!

Rating 6.8 / 10Release September 13, 1956Runtime 80 min

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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