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Crime Against Joe(1956)
Status: Released
Date: 1956-03-21
59%
14 Votes
Time: 1h 10m
HE WAS ACCUSED OF THE FOULEST ACT A MAN CAN COMMIT!
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Bel-Air Productions
Movie: Crime Against Joe
Top 10 Billed Cast
John Bromfield
Joe Manning
Julie London
Frances 'Slacks' Bennett
Henry Calvin
Red Waller
Patricia Blair
Christine 'Christy' Rowen
Robert Keys
Detective Sgt. Hollander
John Pickard
Harry Dorn, Bartender
Frances Morris
Nora Manning
Rhodes Reason
George Niles
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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.
Release Date
1956-03-21
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Rating:
3.0 startsTagline
HE WAS ACCUSED OF THE FOULEST ACT A MAN CAN COMMIT!
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