The Accused Summary
Director: William Dieterle
Genres: Drama
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The Accused is a mystery melodrama with a predictable plot involving blackmail, attempted rape and murder. Loretta_Young stars as Wilma Tuttle, a prim and proper college professor who unwittingly arouses the libido of student Bill Perry (Douglas_Dick). When Perry tries to rape Wilma under cover of darkness, she beats him to death with a tire iron. Appalled by her own rash behavior, she tries to cover up her crime by making it seem as though Perry was killed while diving into the sea from a precipitous cliff. But as she follows the police investigation of Perry's death, Wilma realizes that she'll never be able to escape the prison of her own conscience -- especially when she falls in love with Warren Ford (Robert_Cummings), the dead boy's guardian. Wendell_Corey delivers the film's best performance as a quietly efficient homicide lieutenant who suspects that Wilma knows more than she's letting on. The Accused was adapted by Ketti_Frings from the novel by June Truesdell. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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