Accused of Murder

Infobox Film
name = Accused of Murder


size =
caption = Theatrical Poster
director = Joseph Kane
producer = Joseph Kane
writer = Story:
W. R. Burnett
Screenplay:
Robert Creighton Williams W. R. Burnett
starring = David Brian
Verna Ralston
cinematography = Bud Thackery
music =
editing = Richard L. Van Enger
distributor = Republic Pictures Corporation
released = December 21, 1956
(U.S.A.)
runtime = 74 minutes
country = United States
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:83064
imdb_id = 0048924

"Accused of Murder" (1956) is an American color film noir, filmed in Trucolor, and directed and produced by Joseph Kane, based on the novel "Vanity Row," by W. R. Burnett. The drama features David Brian, Verna Ralston, Sidney Blackmer, and others. [imdb title|id=0048924|title=Accused of Murder.]

This Republic Pictures release is about a nightclub singer, Ilona Vance, accused of murder and a police lieutenant who tries to prove her innocence.

Plot

The story tells of nightclub singer Vera Ralston (Ilona Vance), who is accused of murder; and it looks like she's guilty as she was the last person to see crooked attorney Hobart (Sidney Blackmer) alive.

But Lt. Roy Hargis (David Brian) is convinced that Ilona is innocent, and he intends to prove it.

Cast

* David Brian as Lt. Roy Hargis
* Verna Ralston as Iliona Vance
* Sidney Blackmer as Frank Hobart
* Virginia Grey as Sandra Lamoreaux
* Warren Stevens as Stant
* Lee Van Cleef as Sgt. Emmett Lackey
* Barry Kelley as Police Captain Smedley
* Richard Karlan as Chad Bayliss
* Frank Puglia as Cesar Cipriano
* Elisha Cook Jr. as Whitey Pollock
* Ian MacDonald as Trumble
* Greta Thyssen as Myra Bayliss
* Claire Carleton as Marge Harris
* Wally Cassell as Cipriano's doorman

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