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In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland himself is implicated in a killing. A pair of detectives discover that Morland has been having business problems and no end of difficulties with his wife Catherine. The trail of clues leads to a surprising revelation.
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Directed by Eugene Forde
Jean RogersCatherine Morland
Richard TravisRichard Conroy
Larry J. BlakeDetective Lieutenant Jerry McMullen
John EldredgeJohn Morland
Leonard StrongWillis, Caretaker
Robert ShayneJames O'Neil
Louise CurrieMarian Gordon
Douglas FowleyRed Bailey
Sara BernerDorothy, Maid
Richard BenedictDetective Sergeant Tom CareyWynne LarkePatricia McMullenSusan KlimistMcMullen Girl, OutfielderSimilar titles
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CinemaSerfNov 23, 2023
Yikes, but there's a load of dialogue in this film-noir. It's almost exhausting to listen to after a period of relentless chatting and precious little actual action. "Moreland" (John Eldrdge) features much more prominently in this detective yarn about his own murderer than you might expect. That's because it's told via a series of flashbacks as the pursuing police detective "McMullen" (Larry J. Blake) interviews all the suspects and tries to piece together the evidence from h… Read more
is widow "Catherine" (Jean Rogers), the DA "Conroy" (Richard Travis) and just about everyone else from within a ten mile radius of the crime. Thing is - there is a twist, and one hell of twist at that, and that leaves "McMullen" and his theories all well and truly up in the air. We are given enough clues to anticipate the denouement, but Eugene Forde still manages to keep us guessing for some of this - it's just that there's way too much verbiage and the retrospective style of storytelling is a bit repetitive after a while. None of the acting, or the writing, really sets the heather on fire and at times it felt like quite a long hour-long watch. Watchable, but forgettable.