Boomerang!

Boomerang!

7.1IMDb Score
Released:1947-02-28
Duration:88 min
Director:Elia Kazan
Actors:Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Cara Williams, Arthur Kennedy
Production:20th Century Fox

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.

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