Circumstantial Evidence (1945 film)

Circumstantial Evidence
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Larkin
Produced by	William Girard
Screenplay by	Robert F. Metzler Samuel Ornitz
Story by	Sam Duncan Nat Ferber
Starring	Michael O'Shea Lloyd Nolan
Music by	David Buttolph
Cinematography	Harry Jackson
Editing by	Norman Colbert
Distributed by	Twentieth Century-Fox
Release date(s)	April 20, 1945 (1945-04-20) (United States)
Country	United States
Language	English

Circumstantial Evidence (1945) is an American film noir directed by John Larkin. The drama features Michael O'Shea, Lloyd Nolan, and Trudy Marshall.^[1]

Plot

Innocent reporter escapes from prison on the eve of his planned execution.

Cast

• Michael O'Shea as Joe Reynolds
• Lloyd Nolan as Sam Lord
• Trudy Marshall as Agnes Hannon
• Billy Cummings as Pat Reynolds
• Ruth Ford as Mrs. Simms
• Reed Hadley as Prosecutor
• Roy Roberts as Marty Hannon
• Scotty Beckett as Freddy Hanlon
• Byron Foulger as Bolger

Critical reception

Bosley Crowther, the film critic for The New York Times panned the film, writing, "Darryl Zanuck must have had his back turned when Circumstantial Evidence slipped out the front gate of the Twentieth Century-Fox Studio. For a sillier and more tediously worked-out piece of crime melodrama than the picture which opened yesterday at the Rialto hasn't reached Broadway in a long, long time. Circumstantial Evidence is so full of hackneyed and incredible plot turns that one can never get even slightly interested in the involved set of circumstances which almost send a quite innocent, if belligerent, Michael O'Shea to the electric chair."^[2]

References

1. ^ Circumstantial Evidence at the Internet Movie Database.
2. ^ Crowther, Bosley. The New York Times, film review, April 21, 1945. Last accessed: February 11, 2010.

External links

• Circumstantial Evidence at the Internet Movie Database
• Circumstantial Evidence at the TCM Movie Database
• Circumstantial Evidence film trailer at Myspace