The Vicious Circle (1948)
Break it... or be broken!
In Hungary, a rich baron discovers that there are extensive oil deposits underneath nearby properties owned by villagers. He manages to convince all the property owners to sell to him, except for a few properties owned by Jewish families. Infuriated at their refusal to sell to him, he attempts, with the help of some corrupt local police, to have the men charged with the murder of a local woman, who in reality actually committed suicide.
- Date of release
- 1948-07-21
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Genres
- Crime
- Director
- W. Lee Wilder
Casting
- Conrad Nagel — Karl Nemesch
- Fritz Kortner — Joseph Schwartz
- Reinhold Schünzel — Baron Arady
- Philip Van Zandt — Calomar Balog
- Lyle Talbot — Miller
- Edwin Maxwell — Presiding Judge
- Frank Ferguson — Stark
- Lester Dorr — Andreas Molnar
- Mary Lou Harrington — Anna Tamashy
- David Bauer
Interesting facts
The Vicious Circle is a 1948 American drama film directed by W. Lee Wilder and based on the play The Burning Bush by Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg. The film is also known as The Woman in Brown.
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