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Circumstantial Evidence is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 22 april 1945 with Michael O'Shea
Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
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Add to a movie listCircumstantial Evidence is a 1945 American film noir directed by John Larkin. The drama features Michael O'Shea, Lloyd Nolan, and Trudy Marshall.
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Three witnesses swear they saw Joe Reynolds murder grumpy baker Kenny (Ben Welden) with a hatchet. Joe claims Kenny's fatal head wound was the result of a fall as they argued—the baker hit his head on an oven as he fell—but the eyewitness testimony prevails and Joe is sentenced to death in the electric chair. His buddy Sam Lord has an uphill struggle to prove his innocence.Actors
Michael O'Shea
(Joe Reynolds)
Lloyd Nolan
(Sam Lord)
Trudy Marshall
(Agnes Hannon)
Ruth Ford
(Mrs. Simms)
Reed Hadley
(Prosecutor)
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