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Boomerang! Boomerang! is a 1947 American crime semidocumentary film noir based on the true story of a vagrant accused of murder. It stars Dana Andrews, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, Arthur Kennedy and Jane Wyatt, with voiceovers by Reed Hadley .
- $1.14 million
- David Buttolph
- March 5, 1947
Boomerang!: Directed by Elia Kazan. With Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Cara Williams. The true story of a prosecutor's fight to prove the innocence of a man accused of a notorious murder.
- Elia Kazan
- 3 min
Mar 23, 2020 · Boomerang! is a 1947 American Film Noir based on the true story of a vagrant who was accused of murder by an incompetent police force, only to be found not guilty through the efforts of the prosecutor. It stars Dana Andrews, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, Arthur Kennedy and Jane Wyatt.
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But most movie buffs aren't aware that Kazan himself considered a little film noir called Boomerang (1947) to be his breakthrough film. Boomerang opens with the shocking murder of an elderly priest (Wyrley Birch) as he takes an after-dinner stroll through his neighborhood, greeting members of his community. The local police soon arrest a local ...
- Elia Kazan, Tom Dudley
- Dana Andrews
Boomerang! (1947) is a semi-documentary style innocent-man-in-the-frame returning veteran PTSD corrupt cop and local politics factually based classic film noir, adapted from details of a real life murder that took place in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1924. Starring Dana Andrews, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, Arthur Kennedy and Jane Wyatt, with ...
After an elderly and much loved local priest, Father Lambert, is shot and killed on the street in broad daylight, the police come under great pressure to find the shooter and bring him to justice. They extradite John Waldren who was arrested in a nearby State and question him unrelentingly until he's completely exhausted and signs a confession.