Boomerang! (1947)
It comes back at you again and again!
When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence.
- Date of release
- 1947-02-28
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (90)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery
- Director
- Elia Kazan
Casting
- Dana Andrews — State's Attorney Henry L. Harvey
- Jane Wyatt — Madge Harvey
- Lee J. Cobb — Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson
- Cara Williams — Irene Nelson
- Arthur Kennedy — John Waldron
- Sam Levene — Morning Record's Reporter Dave Woods
- Taylor Holmes — T.M. Wade
- Robert Keith — 'Mac' McCreery
- Ed Begley — Paul Harris
- Philip Coolidge — Jim Crossman
- Bert Freed — Herron, a Man in Alley Mob
- Reed Hadley — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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