Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

September. 13,1956      NR
Rating:
6.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Dana Andrews as  Tom Garrett
Joan Fontaine as  Susan Spencer
Sidney Blackmer as  Austin Spencer
Arthur Franz as  Bob Hale
Philip Bourneuf as  Roy Thompson
Edward Binns as  Lt. Kennedy
Shepperd Strudwick as  Jonathan Wilson
Robin Raymond as  Terry Larue
Barbara Nichols as  Dolly Moore
Dan Seymour as  Greco

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