Maureen O'Sullivan (David CopperfieId) and Academy Award winner Henry Fonda (1981, Best Actor On Golden Pond) star in a compeIIing drama about two men accused of a crime they didn't commit, and the woman who is determined to see them cIeared. Brick Tennant (Fonda) and his beautifuI fiancée, Mary (O'Sullivan), are on the verge of their nuptials, pIanning to have their dream house built, and estabIishing his taxi cab business. When poor eyewitness testimony and circumstantial evidence pin a murder on Brick and his friend, Joe, Mary is determined to prove their innocence. She enlists Detective Lieutenant Everett (Ralph Bellamy, The Awful Truth) to heIp solve the crime and keep Brick and Joe from the electric chair. Directed by John Brahm (The Mad Magician, The Locket) with cinematography by the great Lucien BalIard (Crime and Punishment, The Wild Bunch), whose coIIaboration makes this taut, dark drama feel more Iike an early fiIm noir. |