Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

1956 · Directed by Fritz Lang · 80 min · drama film, film noir

★ 6.8/10 · 130 ratings on TMDB

A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.