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The Verdict is a 1946 American film noir mystery drama film directed by Don Siegel and written by Peter Milne, loosely based on Israel Zangwill 's 1892 novel The Big Bow Mystery. It stars Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in one of their nine film pairings, as well as Joan Lorring and George Coulouris.
The Verdict: Directed by Don Siegel. With Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring, George Coulouris. After an innocent man is executed in a case for which he was not responsible, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Don Siegel
- 1946-11-23
Advertise With Us. Scotland Yard Superintendent George Edward Grodman (Sydney Greenstreet) is fired after an investigation he heads up results in the wrongful death sentence of an innocent man ...
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- Sydney Greenstreet
- Don Siegel
Synopsis. In London in 1890, after an innocent man is convicted of the murder of Hannah Kendall and hanged, police superintendent George Edward Grodman, whose testimony based on circumstantial evidence helped to convict the man, is forced to resign. Grodman's rival, John R. Buckley, is made superintendent in his place.
- Don Siegel, Elmer Decker, Felix Jacoves
- Sydney Greenstreet
The Verdict (1946)is a gripping mystery film set in the late Victorian era, around 1890. The story revolves around Superintendent George Edward Grodman, portrayed by Sydney Greenstreet, who mistakenly sends an innocent man to his death.
The Verdict is a 1946 film noir mystery drama directed by Don Siegel and written by Peter Milne, based on Israel Zangwill's 1892 novel The Big Bow Mystery. It stars Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in one of their nine film pairings, as well as Joan Lorring and George Coulouris.
Siegel's first film, an ingenious locked room mystery set in London in 1890, adapted from a novel by Israel Zangwill (often described as the father of the genre).
