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The Strange Mrs. Crane

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The Strange Mrs. Crane
Directed bySam Newfield (as Sherman Scott)
Screenplay byAl Martin
StarringMarjorie Lord
Robert Shayne
Pierre Watkin
CinematographyJack Greenhalgh
Edited byMartin G. Cohn
Production
company
John Sutherland Productions
Distributed byEagle-Lion Films
Release date
  • 1 December 1948 (1948-12-01) (USA)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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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

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Production

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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

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