Circumstantial Evidence(1945)
They've got nothing on him--except MURDER!
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.
Movie: Circumstantial Evidence
Top 10 Billed Cast
Joe Reynolds
Sam Lord
Agnes Hannon
Mrs. Simms
Prosecutor
Marty Hannon
Freddy Hanlon
Bolger
Bolger's wife
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