''Crime Against Joe'' is a 1956 American

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directed by

Lee Sholem Lee Tabor Sholem (May 25, 1913 in Paris, Illinois, – August 19, 2000 in Los Angeles, California) was an American television and film director. Nicknamed ""Roll 'Em" Sholem", he is identified more than anyone else in the film industry, industr ...

and written by Robert C. Dennis. The film stars

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Patricia Blair Patricia Blair (born Patsy Lou Blake; January 15, 1933 – September 9, 2013) was an American television and film actress, primarily on 1950s and 1960s television. She is best known as Rebecca Boone in all six seasons of NBC's ''Daniel Boone'', w ...

, Joel Ashley and Robert Keys.

Plot

A Korean War veteran is accused of the murder of a night club singer in Tucson, Arizona. A high school pin was found on the scene of the crime and the veteran's pin is missing. However, when the crime was committed, the veteran was leading a female

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to her home but her over-protective father gives a false testimony to the district attorney. "Slacks", a female friend, gives him a false alibi but the police soon sort that out. The veteran thinks that one of his fellow high school students from 1945 was the murderer. He has got possible suspects on a list. Is the murderer among them?

Cast

as Joe Manning *

as Frances 'Slacks' Bennett *

as Red Waller *

as Christine 'Christy' Rowen *Joel Ashley as Philip Rowen *Robert Keys as Detective Sgt. Hollander *Alika Louis as Irene Crescent * John Pickard as Harry Dorn * Frances Morris as Nora Manning *

Rhodes Reason Rhodes Reason (April 19, 1930 – December 26, 2014) was an American actor who appeared in more than 200 roles in television, film, and stage. Film and television career Reason was born in Glendale in Los Angeles County, California, the son ...

as George Niles *Mauritz Hugo as Dr. Louis Tatreau *

Joyce Jameson Joyce Jameson (born Joyce Beverly Kingsley; September 26, 1932 – January 16, 1987) was an American actress, known for many television roles, including recurring guest appearances as Skippy, one of the "fun girls" in the 1960s television seri ...

as Gloria Wayne *

Morgan Jones Morgan Jones may refer to: *Morgan Jones (actor, born 1879) (1879–1951), American silent film actor and screenwriter *Morgan Jones (actor, born 1928) (1928–2012), American film and television actor *Morgan Jones (broadcaster), Welsh television ...

as Luther Woods *

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as Ralph Corey *

Addison Richards Addison Whittaker Richards, Jr. (October 20, 1902 – March 22, 1964) was an American actor of film and television. Richards appeared in more than three hundred films between 1933 and his death. Biography A native of Zanesville, Ohio, Richa ...

as District Attorney Roy Kasden

References

External links

* 1956 films United Artists films American crime films 1956 crime films Film noir Films directed by Lee Sholem Films scored by Paul Dunlap American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-crime-film-stub