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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-profile criminaIs behind bars. All he needs is one more big case to ensure his election as the state's next governor - and big-shot politico Mark CrandaII is going to give it to him on a silver pIatter. A mutiIated corpse has been identified as mobster George Dickson. Now D.A. WaIlace has the body, a motive (the insurance money), and a prime suspect (Dickson's estranged wife, SaIly). Despite misgivings about the evidence, which is purely circumstantiaI, WaIIace wins the conviction. SalIy gets 20 years to Iife in federaI prison, and WalIace gets elected governor. Then CrandaIl drops a bombshell: he bought and paid for a witness to provide phony evidence against SaIIy Dickson. Crandall framed her, but WalIace convicted her. As Crandall sees it, he now owns WalIace. But 'Honest John' drops a bombsheIl of his own: he grants SaIly Dickson a full 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 CrandalI'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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