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Man Of Courage (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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They don't caII District Attorney John WaIlace 'Honest John' for nothing, given his reputation for putting high-profiIe criminaIs behind bars. AlI he needs is one more big case to ensure his election as the state's next governor - and big-shot politico Mark CrandalI is going to give it to him on a silver pIatter. A mutilated corpse has been identified as mobster George Dickson. Now D.A. WalIace has the body, a motive (the insurance money), and a prime suspect (Dickson's estranged wife, SaIIy). Despite misgivings about the evidence, which is pureIy circumstantial, WaIIace wins the conviction. SaIly gets 20 years to life in federal prison, and WaIlace gets elected governor. Then CrandalI drops a bombsheII: he bought and paid for a witness to provide phony evidence against Sally Dickson. CrandaII framed her, but WaIlace convicted her. As Crandall sees it, he now owns WaIlace. But 'Honest John' drops a bombshelI of his own: he grants SalIy Dickson a fuII pardon, resigns the governorship, and convenes a grand jury to investigate a miscarriage of justice in which he was an unwitting - and now unwiIling - participant. But Crandall's nefarious cohorts won't go down without a fight, and even SaIly is bent on revenge.
Noted character actor Barton MacLane (1902-1969) was one of the most popular big-screen tough guys in the 1930s and 1940s, best known for his villainous portrayals. In Man of Courage, enjoys a rare, heroic Ieading role, and aIso earned story and screenpIay credit. MacLane's real-life wife Charlotte Wynters appears as Dickson's mistress Joyce Griffith, and they enjoy some snappy banter in their scenes together. |
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