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Apology for Murder(1945)
Status: Released
Date: 1945-09-27
49%
15 Votes
Time: 1h 7m
Overview:
Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman's young wife, a reporter is seduced into conspiring to murder him so she can inherit his estate, while pinning the murder on another businessman.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Movie: Apology for Murder
Top 10 Billed Cast
Hugh Beaumont
Kenny Blake
Ann Savage
Toni Kirkland
Charles D. Brown
Ward McGee
Russell Hicks
Harvey Kirkland
Pierre Watkin
Craig Jordan
Budd Buster
Jed
Norman Willis
Allen Webb
Elizabeth Valentine
Mrs. Harper
Sarah Padden
Maggie
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Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman's young wife, a reporter is seduced into conspiring to murder him so she can inherit his estate, while pinning the murder on another businessman.
Release Date
1945-09-27
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