They Won't Believe Me

They Won't Believe Me

★ 6.5IMDb Score
Released:1947-07-16
Duration:95 min
Director:Irving Pichel
Actors:Robert Young, Susan Hayward, Jane Greer, Rita Johnson, Tom Powers
Production:RKO Radio Pictures

Overview:

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

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