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An Act of Murder is a american film of genre Drama directed by Michael Gordon released in USA on 5 december 1948 with Fredric March
An Act of Murder (1948)
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Add to a movie listAn Act of Murder (also known as Live Today for Tomorrow and I Stand Accused) is a 1948 American crime film directed by Michael Gordon. It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.
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Calvin Cooke, a principled but stubborn judge, presides over a murder case in which lawyer David Douglas is unsuccessful in proving that his client's state of mind was a mitigating factor. (Later, though, Cooke grants Douglas's motion for a mistrial on the grounds that he may have unconsciously shown prejudice.)Actors
Fredric March
(Judge Calvin Cooke)
Edmond O'Brien
(David Douglas)
Florence Eldridge
(Catherine Cooke)
Geraldine Brooks
(Ellie Cooke)
Stanley Ridges
(Doctor Walter Morrison)
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