Crime Against Joe

Crime Against Joe

Crime Against Joe

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Crime Against Joe

"HE WAS ACCUSED OF THE FOULEST ACT A MAN CAN COMMIT!"

1956

1h 10m

5.9(14 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Overview

Down-and-out artist Joe Manning wakes up from a night of drunken revelry in a jail cell, where he's being held on suspicion for the murder of a nightclub singer.

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10 featured cast members

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John Bromfield

John Bromfield

Joe Manning

Julie London

Julie London

Frances 'Slacks' Bennett

Henry Calvin

Henry Calvin

Red Waller

Patricia Blair

Patricia Blair

Christine 'Christy' Rowen

Joel Ashley

Philip Rowen

Robert Keys

Robert Keys

Detective Sgt. Hollander

Alika Louis

Irene Crescent

John Pickard

John Pickard

Harry Dorn, Bartender

Frances Morris

Frances Morris

Nora Manning

Rhodes Reason

Rhodes Reason

George Niles

Creative team

Directed by: Lee Sholem
Written by: Decla Dunning
Robert C. Dennis
Produced by: Howard W. Koch

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