Apology for Murder

Sep 27 1945 Approved 1h 7m
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman's young wife, a reporter is seduced into conspiring to murder him so she can inherit his estate, while pinning the murder on another businessman.

Plot

Reporter Kenny Blake (Hugh Beaumont) falls in love with scheming Toni Kirkland ('Ann Savage') not knowing that she is married to Harvey Kirkland (Russell Hicks), a man years older than she. By the time he finds out, he is so under her spell that he murders her husband which is what Toni had planned all along. City editor Ward McKee (Charles D. Brown, Kenny's boss and best friend, begins to pursue the tangled threads of the crime relentlessly and gradually closes the net on Kenny. The latter is mortally wounded by Toni, who has deserted him for another man.

Written by

Fred Myton

Directed by

Sam Newfield

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

PRC, Sigmund Neufeld Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
483
Average Rating
5.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA