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Boomerang! (1947)

Boomerang! (1947)

Drama Mystery

It comes back at you again and again!

Release Date: 1947, February 28
Directors: Elia Kazan
Countries: United States of America
Production: 20th Century Fox
Cast: Robert Keith, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Leona Roberts, Taylor Holmes, Harry Landers, Brian Keith, Bert Freed, Arthur Kennedy, Philip Coolidge, Frank Overton, Karl Malden

Overview:

When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence.

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