Boomerang!

Feb 28, 1947

1h 28m

★ 7.0

It comes back at you again and again!

Overview

When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence.

Genres

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Boomerang! Trailers

Cast

State's Attorney Henry L. Harvey

Dana Andrews

Madge Harvey

Jane Wyatt

Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson

Lee J. Cobb

Irene Nelson

Cara Williams

John Waldron

Arthur Kennedy

Morning Record's Reporter Dave Woods

Sam Levene

T.M. Wade

Taylor Holmes

'Mac' McCreery

Robert Keith

Paul Harris

Ed Begley

Jim Crossman

Philip Coolidge

Herron, a Man in Alley Mob

Bert Freed

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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