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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.
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.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Elia Kazan
- 1947-02-28
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.
- 88 min
- 9K
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Boomerang! (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Police Still Baffled Lt. White (Karl Malden) with murder witnesses in church for the viewing of the slain priest, his crusty boss Robinson (Lee J. Cobb) intervening, reporter Dave (Sam Levene) attempting an ambush, early in director Elia Kazan's Boomerang!, 1947.
- Elia Kazan, Tom Dudley
- Dana Andrews
This dramatization of a factual incident opens in a quiet Connecticut town where a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner. 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.
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.
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BOOMERANG! details the investigation and aftermath of a shocking murder on a public street at night of a beloved neighborhood priest. But, the details aren’t quite so “open and shut” as the tale progresses, and it leads to a highly unusual courtroom drama.
