Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Infobox Film | name =Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
caption ="Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" movie poster
director = Fritz Lang
producer = Bert E. Friedlob
writer = Douglas Morrow
starring =Dana Andrews
Joan Fontaine
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distributor = RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
released = September 5, 1956 (U.S. release)
runtime = 80 min
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0049006
"Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" is a 1956 film noir directed by Fritz Lang and written by Douglas Morrow. The film, considered film noir, was the last American film directed by Lang.
Plot
A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom Garrett into a hoax in an attempt to expose the alleged ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.
Tom agrees to the plan, not knowing that unforeseen events will put such a snag in the scheme that he ends up in danger of being executed. A friend holding back evidence that will clear Tom at his trial dies in an accident before he can testify.
Critical standing
Dennis L. White describes "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" as having "considerable impact, due not so much to visual style, as to the narrative structure and mood and to the expertly devised plot, in which the turnabout is both surprising and convincing." [White, Dennis L., ""Beyond a Reasonable Doubt"," in "Film Noir An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style", ed. Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward (Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press, 1992), 21–22. ISBN 0-87951-479-5]
Featured cast
Remake
In 2008, it was announced that Peter Hyams will helm a remake of the film starring Michael Douglas, Amber Tamblyn, and Jesse Metcalfe. [ [http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=story&id=1061&articleid=VR1117980298&cs=1 Trio set for 'Doubt' remake] ] [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beyond_a_reasonable_doubt/news/1707678/ Michael Douglas, Amber Tamblyn Looking "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt"] ]
References
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beyond a reasonable doubt — The degree of proof required of the state in a criminal prosecution; a fair doubt based upon reason and common sense, growing out of the evidence in the case; not an imaginary, captious, or possible doubt. 20 Am J1st Ev § 1257 … Ballentine's law dictionary
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt — Voir Invraisemblable Vérité … Dictionnaire mondial des Films
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