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Boomerang! (1947)
Directed by Elia Kazan
“It comes back at you again and again!”
Drama, Mystery · 1h 28m
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.
Cast
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)
Crew
- Director
- Elia Kazan
- Screenplay
- Richard Murphy
- Writer
- Fulton Oursler
- Director of Photography
- Norbert Brodine
- Original Music Composer
- David Buttolph
- Editor
- Harmon Jones
- Producer
- Louis De Rochemont
Details
- Release date
- 1947-02-28
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- 20th Century Fox