The Strange Mrs. Crane

1948 film directed by Sam Newfield
  • 1 December 1948 (1948-12-01) (USA)
Running time
62 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Strange Mrs. Crane is a 1948 American film noir directed by Sam Newfield (credited as Sherman Scott) and written by Al Martin for Eagle-Lion Films and starring Marjorie Lord, Robert Shayne and Pierre Watkin.

Plot

A gubernatorial candidate's wife's ex-partner's fiancée is wrongly tried for murder. It turns out that the real culprit is the lady jury foreman who makes a fatal error.

Cast

  • Gina Crane (Marjorie Lord)
  • Floyd Durant (Robert Shayne)
  • Clinton Crane (Pierre Watkin)
  • Mark Emery (James Seay)
  • Barbara Arnold (Ruth Brady, 1920–1997)
  • Edna Emmerson (Claire Whitney)
  • Jeanette Woods (Dorothy Granger)

Production

Filming on The Strange Mrs. Crane began on June 11, 1948, at the Morey-Sutherland Studios.[1] The script was adapted from 'Beyond a Reasonable Doubt', an episode of The Whistler, a radio program, and the episode aired on July 16, 1947.

References

  1. ^ "11 Jun 1948, 23 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
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