The film is based on Joseph Majczek, who was wrongly convicted of the murder of a Chicago policeman in one of the worst years of organized crime.
Call Northside 777 (1948): Hathaway’s Reality-Based Newspaper Film Noir, Starring Jimmy Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb
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Anatomy of a Murder (1959): Preminger’s Masterful Courtroom Drama, Starring Jimmy Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara
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One of Otto Preminger’s three or four masterpieces, Anatomy of a Murder was nominated for the Best Picture and other Oscars in 1959.
Shop Around the Corner, The (1940): Lubitsch’s Finest Film, Starring Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan (Masterpieces)
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Perfectly acted, this is Lubitsch’s finest, most dazzling and accomplihed American film.
