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An Act of Murder (The Judge\'s Wife) (1948)

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Fredric March Fredric March
Judge Calvin Cooke
Edmond O Edmond O'Brien
David Douglas
Florence Eldridge Florence Eldridge
Catherine Cooke
Geraldine Brooks Geraldine Brooks
Ellie Cooke
Stanley Ridges Stanley Ridges
Doctor Walter Morrison
John McIntire John McIntire
Judge Ogden
Frederic Tozere Frederic Tozere
Charles Dayton
Will Wright Will Wright
Judge Jim Wilder


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6 years, 1 month ago at Apr 15 20:29
Gordon is too demonstrative but he's also efficient. Florence is excellent acting pain and abnegation. March is soft and less convincing at her side. Geraldine Brooks is better.
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Description: In this provocative drama, a stern hard-liner judge commits euthanasia to save his terminally ill wife from further suffering. He decides to kill her by driving the both of them off a cliff. He succeeds in ending her pain, but unfortunately he survives and ends up turning himself in with a full confession. Now it is up to his brilliant lawyer to defend him. He not only justifies the old judge's actions, he also proves that the wife took a fatal dose of poison before getting in the car; therefore she committed suicide. The judge is freed and returns to his courtroom where he oversees his cases with considerably more sympathy and ... (more)
Release date: 18 December 1948
Tags: 1948 (3), Drama (2), Crime (2), Based On Novel (1), Terminal Illness (1), Murder Trial (1), Euthanasia (1)
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fernando posted a review 6 years, 1 month ago

“Gordon is too demonstrative but he's also efficient. Florence is excellent acting pain and abnegation. March is soft and less convincing at her side. Geraldine Brooks is better.” read more

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