An Act of Murder

An Act of Murder was released on December 17, 1948.

An Act of Murder was directed by Michael Gordon.

An Act of Murder has a runtime of 1h 31m.

An Act of Murder was produced by Jerry Bresler.

Judge Cooke, good husband and father, is known in court as Old Man Maximum. Cooke's daughter loves defender Dave Douglas, who hates Cooke's attitude toward defendants. Cooke's life shatters when he learns his wife has terminal brain cancer; as her pain worsens, he begins to consider mercy-killing, but that would place him in the position of a defendant.

The key characters in An Act of Murder are Judge Calvin Cooke (Fredric March), David Douglas (Edmond O'Brien), Catherine Cooke (Florence Eldridge).

An Act of Murder is rated Not Rated.

An Act of Murder is a Crime, Drama, Film-Noir film.

An Act of Murder has an audience rating of 6.9 out of 10.