Ordeal by Innocence

Ordeal by Innocence

5.0IMDb Score
Released:1984-06-22
Duration:90 min
Director:Desmond Davis, Alan Birkinshaw
Actors:Donald Sutherland, Christopher Plummer, Sarah Miles, Annette Crosbie, Faye Dunaway
Production:London-Cannon Films, The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions

Overview:

Dr. Arthur Calgary visits the Argyle family to return an address book lost some time ago by Jack Argyle, only to find out that Jack has been executed for the murder of his mother. Calgary can prove that Jack was innocent. In spite of opposition from a hostile family, he is determined to solve the crime.

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