The Strange Mrs. Crane | |
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Directed by | Sam Newfield (as Sherman Scott) |
Screenplay by | Al Martin |
Starring | Marjorie Lord Robert Shayne Pierre Watkin |
Cinematography | Jack Greenhalgh |
Edited by | Martin G. Cohn |
Production company | John Sutherland Productions |
Distributed by | Eagle-Lion Films |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Strange Mrs. Crane is a 1948 American film noir directed by Sam Newfield (credited as Sherman Scott) and written by Al Martin for Eagle-Lion Films and starring Marjorie Lord, Robert Shayne and Pierre Watkin.
A gubernatorial candidate's wife's ex-partner's fiancée is wrongly tried for murder. It turns out that the real culprit is the lady jury foreman who makes a fatal error.
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