Boomerang!
Summary:
Boomerang, directed by Elia Kazan, is a chilling film noir, the true story about the murder of a priest, the subsequent arrest and trial of a jobless drifter, and the efforts of young state's attorney Henry Harvey (Dana Andrews) to uncover the truth. Closely based on the actual 1924 murder of Fr. Hubert Dahme in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the film was directed by the young Elia ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Dana Andrews - (Henry L. Harvey)
E.J. Ballantine - (McDonald)
Jane Wyatt - (Mrs. Harvey)
Royal Beal - (Johnson)
Lee J. Cobb - (Chief Robinson)
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Review:
This noir docudrama, the story of an actual unsolved murder, reflected the taste for true-life storytelling of Twentieth Century Fox production chief Darryl F. Zanuck. Adapted from a Reader's Digest article called "The Perfect Case," Boomerang! concerned the murder of a priest and the subsequent efforts of a prosecutor to exonera... Continue >>
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