Does Beyond a Reasonable Doubt end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Beyond a Reasonable Doubt scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Beyond a Reasonable Doubt sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Beyond a Reasonable Doubt easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Beyond a Reasonable Doubt violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Name: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1956
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer, Arthur Franz, Philip Bourneuf

Put them all together they spell M-U-R-D-E-R !

Directed by Fritz Lang

Produced by Bert E. Friedlob Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

195680 min6.9 / 10

A taut noir thriller about a dangerous gambit to expose judicial corruption that spirals into genuine peril, built on circumstantial evidence and moral ambiguity.

A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.

Clusters

Complicity Under Pressure Paranoia and Procedure Romantic Psychological Thrillers Suspicion, Guilt, and Fractured Trust Death Penalty Films

Genres

Crime Drama

Keywords

Film Noir Capital Punishment Incriminate

Questions people ask

Does Beyond a Reasonable Doubt end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Beyond a Reasonable Doubt scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Is Beyond a Reasonable Doubt sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.
Is Beyond a Reasonable Doubt easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.
Is Beyond a Reasonable Doubt violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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