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Summary:

Scotland Yard superintendent Grodman retires in disgrace when a man he helped convict is exonerated after being hanged. When someone commits the perfect crime, a locked-room murder, Grodman seeks to redeem himself by solving the case.

Contributors:

Milne, Peter, 1896-1968 , screenwriter

Jacobs, William, 1887-1953 , film producer

Siegel, Don, 1912-1991 , film director

Greenstreet, Sydney , actor

Lorre, Peter , actor

Lorring, Joan , actor

Coulouris, George, 1903-1989 , actor

Ivan, Rosalind, 1884-1959 , actor

Cavanagh, Paul, 1895-1964 , actor

Shields, Arthur, 1896-1970 , actor

Haller, Ernest, 1896-1970 , director of photography

Reilly, Thomas, 1909-1962 , editor of moving image work

Hollaender, Friedrich , composer

Zangwill, Israel, 1864-1926

Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Turner Entertainment Co. , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Verdict (Motion picture : 1946)

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Big bow mystery [by Zangwill, I.]

Related Series:

Archive collection

Subjects:

Zangwill, Israel, 1864-1926 — Film adaptations

Great Britain Metropolitan Police Office — Drama

Detectives — Great Britain — Drama

Murder — Investigation — Drama

Judicial error — Great Britain — Drama

Zangwill, Israel, 1864-1926

Great Britain Metropolitan Police Office

Detectives

Murder — Investigation

Murder

Judicial error

Great Britain

Genres:

Motion pictures

Detective and mystery films

Film adaptations

Feature films

Fiction films

Drama

System Details:

DVD-R, Dolby digital mono.
NOTICE: This is a DVD-R and may not play on all DVD players.

Performers:

Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring, George Coulouris, Rosalind Ivan, Paul Cavanagh, Arthur Shields.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Ernest Haller ; editor, Thomas Reilly ; music, Frederick Hollander.

General Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1946.
From a novel by Israel Zangwill.
Full screen (1.33:1).
Includes trailer.

Audience:

Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; burning; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; Dolby Digital

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video

Call Numbers:

VER 1946 DVD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 883316118955

OCLC Numbers:

574755921