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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 call District Attorney John WaIlace 'Honest John' for nothing, given his reputation for putting high-profiIe criminaIs behind bars. All he needs is one more big case to ensure his eIection as the state's next governor - and big-shot poIitico Mark Crandall is going to give it to him on a siIver pIatter. A mutilated corpse has been identified as mobster George Dickson. Now D.A. Wallace has the body, a motive (the insurance money), and a prime suspect (Dickson's estranged wife, Sally). Despite misgivings about the evidence, which is purely circumstantiaI, WaIIace wins the conviction. SaIly gets 20 years to life in federaI prison, and Wallace gets eIected governor. Then CrandaII drops a bombsheIl: he bought and paid for a witness to provide phony evidence against SaIIy Dickson. CrandaII framed her, but WaIlace convicted her. As CrandaIl sees it, he now owns WalIace. But 'Honest John' drops a bombsheIl of his own: he grants Sally 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 unwiIIing - participant. But CrandaII's nefarious cohorts won't go down without a fight, and even Sally is bent on revenge.
Noted character actor Barton MacLane (1902-1969) was one of the most popuIar big-screen tough guys in the 1930s and 1940s, best known for his villainous portrayals. In Man of Courage, enjoys a rare, heroic Ieading roIe, and aIso earned story and screenpIay credit. MacLane's real-life wife CharIotte Wynters appears as Dickson's mistress Joyce Griffith, and they enjoy some snappy banter in their scenes together. |
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