An Act of Murder
Judge Cooke, good husband and father, is known in court as Old Man Maximum. Cooke's daughter loves defender Dave Douglas, who hates Cooke's attitude toward defendants. Cooke's life shatters when he learns his wife has terminal brain cancer; as her pain worsens, he begins to consider mercy-killing, but that would place him in the position of a defendant.
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Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
1948
91 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : An Act of Murder
- Duration : 91 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Ernst Lothar (novel), Michael Blankfort (screenplay), Robert Thoeren (screenplay)
- Directors : Michael Gordon min
- Imdb : 6.9 (377 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.7 (661 votes)
- Actors : Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, Florence Eldridge, Geraldine Brooks
Movie Storyline
Judge Cooke, good husband and father, is known in court as Old Man Maximum. Cooke's daughter loves defender Dave Douglas, who hates Cooke's attitude toward defendants. Cooke's life shatters when he learns his wife has terminal brain cancer; as her pain worsens, he begins to consider mercy-killing, but that would place him in the position of a defendant.