Crime Against Joe

"HE WAS ACCUSED OF THE FOULEST ACT A MAN CAN COMMIT!"

Mar 21 1956 Approved 1h 10m
Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

Down-and-out artist Joe Manning (John Bromfield) wakes up from a night of drunken revelry in a jail cell, where he's being held on suspicion for the murder of a nightclub singer.

Plot

Joe Manning returned from the Korean War a changed man and became a Bohemian artist, supported by his understanding mother and distrusted by others. On a drunken binge, Joe flirts with torch singer Irene Crescent, who is later found dead by the hand of the town's serial killer...and Joe's the prime suspect. No one will help Joe except carhop 'Slacks'. Can they find the real killer before he finds them?

Written by

Robert C. Dennis, Decla Dunning

Directed by

Lee Sholem

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Bel-Air Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
403
Average Rating
5.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA