''Chain of Evidence'' is a 1957 American

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directed by

Paul Landres Paul Landres (1912–2001) was an American film and television editor and director. He directed episodes of ''The Lone Ranger'', ''Maverick'' and '' Flipper'', among many other TV series. He directed the vampire film ''The Return of Dracula'' ...

and starring

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and

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.Parish & Pitts p.217 It was the fourth in a series of five films featuring Elliott as a detective in the

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made by Allied Artists.

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as Lt. Andy Doyle *

as Steve Nordstrom *

as Sgt. Mike Duncan * Claudia Barrett as Harriet Owens *

Tina Carver Tina Carver (March 24, 1922 – February 18, 1982) was an American film actress and model active in the 1950s. Filmography Feature films *'' The Man Who Turned to Stone'' (1957) as Big Marge *''Chain of Evidence'' (1957) as Claire Ramsey * ...

as Claire Ramsey *

Ross Elliott Ross Elliott (born Elliott Blum, June 18, 1917 – August 12, 1999) was an American television and film character actor. He began his acting career in the Mercury Theatre, where he performed in ''The War of the Worlds (radio), The War of t ...

as Bob Bradfield *

Meg Randall Meg Randall (born Genevieve Roberts;''The Milwaukee Journal'', September 18, 1949, Jesse Daniels, Hollywood, "It Paid Her to Do Nothing", Milwaukee, WI, p. 5. August 1, 1926 – July 20, 2018) was an American film actress. She was active in moti ...

as Polly Gunther *

Timothy Carey Timothy Agoglia Carey (March 11, 1929 – May 11, 1994) was an American film and television character actor. Carey was best known for portraying manic or violent characters who are driven to extremes. Career He made his screen debut with a ...

as Carl Fowler *

John Bleifer John Melvin Bleifer (July 26, 1901 – January 24, 1992) was an American actor whose career began at the end of the silent film era, and lasted through the mid-1980s. He appeared in feature films and film serials, and in a number of televi ...

as Jake Habermann *

Dabbs Greer Robert William "Dabbs" Greer (April 2, 1917 – April 28, 2007) was an American character actor in film and television for over 60 years. With nearly 100 film roles and appearances in nearly 600 television episodes of various series, Greer ...

as Dr. Ainsley * John Close as Deputy

References

Bibliography

* James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974.

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* 1957 films 1957 crime films American crime films Films directed by Paul Landres Allied Artists films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-crime-film-stub

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