Crime Against Joe

Mar 21, 1956

1h 10m

★ 5.9

HE WAS ACCUSED OF THE FOULEST ACT A MAN CAN COMMIT!

Overview

Down-and-out artist Joe Manning wakes up from a night of drunken revelry in a jail cell, where he's being held on suspicion for the murder of a nightclub singer.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Bel-Air Productions

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Cast

Joe Manning

John Bromfield

Frances 'Slacks' Bennett

Julie London

Red Waller

Henry Calvin

Christine 'Christy' Rowen

Patricia Blair

Philip Rowen

Joel Ashley

Detective Sgt. Hollander

Robert Keys

Irene Crescent

Alika Louis

Harry Dorn, Bartender

John Pickard

Nora Manning

Frances Morris

George Niles

Rhodes Reason

Dr. Louis Tatreau, Psychiatrist

Mauritz Hugo

Gloria Wayne

Joyce Jameson

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