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17. Juni 2014 · Here again An Act of Murder pushes the envelope, making suicide a key element in the story's climax. Perhaps distracted a bit by these balancing acts, the movie falls back on coincidence more than once to propel the narrative or drive home a point. The family physician shows up just as Catherine's symptoms start to escalate, for instance, and ...
21. Aug. 2020 · The film also attempts to make a larger but painfully obvious point about the distinction between morality and legality, justice and the law. No great insight there. No great insight there. I really like two of Michael Gordon’s films from around the time he made this one – The Web (1947) and The Secret of Convict Lake (1951) – and was really looking forward to this.
18. Sept. 2023 · AN ACT OF MURDER is a legal drama film from 1948 in which a judge who is known for his harsh rulings is tempted towards assisting his beloved wife's death when he learns that she is fatally ill.
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3. Juni 2011 · Coming Attraction Nighthawks' Matinee Cat 85
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An actor, Tim Ford, tries to persuade an ex-actress, his former girlfriend Anne Longman, to return to the stage. Her husband, Ralph, suspects that Ford's motives are more than just professional. The Longmans plan to exchange their country house with the house of a London couple for a few days, but when they reach the London address they were ...
An Act of Murder stars Fredric March as a husband faced with an impossible predicament in this controversial drama that was well ahead of its time. Calvin Cooke (March), a no-nonsense judge in a small Pennsylvania town, finds his thoughts turning to end the life of his beloved wife Cathy (Florence Eldridge) when he learns that she has an incurable disease and is suffering from unbearable pain ...
