This article is about the 1948 US film. For the crime, see Murder. For other uses, see Act of Murder.
An Act of Murder
Film poster
Directed by
Michael Gordon
Written by
Michael Blankfort Robert Thoeren
Based on
Die Mühle der Gerechtigkeit by Ernst Lothar
Produced by
Jerry Bresler
Starring
Fredric March Edmond O'Brien Florence Eldridge Geraldine Brooks
Cinematography
Hal Mohr
Edited by
Ralph Dawson
Music by
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Production company
Universal International Pictures[1]
Distributed by
Universal International Pictures
Release date
December 5, 1948 (1948-12-05) (New York City)
Running time
91 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
An Act of Murder is a 1948 American film noir directed by Michael Gordon and starring Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, Florence Eldridge and Geraldine Brooks.[2] It was based on a novel by the Austrian writer Ernst Lothar. The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.[3] It is also known by the alternative titles Live Today for Tomorrow and I Stand Accused.[4]
^An Act of Murder at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
^Fetrow p.3
^"Festival de Cannes: An Act of Murder". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
^Higham, Charles; Greenberg, Joel (1968). Hollywood in the Forties. London: A. Zwemmer Limited. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-498-06928-4.
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