An act of murder (1948) - another little known film noir from director Michael Gordon, starring Frederic March, Edmond O'Brien, Geraldine Brooks, Stanley Ridges and John McIntire
Rating 7.0/10
Runtime: 91 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Michael Gordon
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040072/
Cast
Fredric March ... Judge Calvin Cooke
Edmond O'Brien ... David Douglas
Florence Eldridge ... Catherine Cooke
Geraldine Brooks ... Ellie Cooke
Stanley Ridges ... Doctor Walter Morrison
John McIntire ... Judge Ogden
Virginia Brissac ... Mrs. Russell
Description:A stern hard-liner judge commits euthanasia to save his terminally ill wife from further suffering. He decides to kill her by driving the both of them off a cliff. He succeeds in ending her pain, but unfortunately he survives and ends up turning himself in with a full confession. Now it is up to his brilliant lawyer to defend him...
Screens:
https://ufile.io/693haf5b
Video and audio information:
Video : 2.44 GB, 3847 KBps, 23.976 fps, 778x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 106/52 MB (main/commentary), 163/80 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x55 = AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR
Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek) posters and screenshots included
Double audio track information
This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by film historian Samm Deighan. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)
