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Movie · 1956

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Released 13 September 1956 More from 1956 → Letterboxd ↗ · 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.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Rusty Lane
as Judge
57
Philip Bourneuf
as Roy Thompson
48
Shepperd Strudwick
as Jonathan Wilson
48
Dana Andrews
as Tom Garrett
47
Dan Seymour
as Greco
41
Robin Raymond
as Terry Larue
39
Arthur Franz
as Bob Hale
36
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
21years between the oldest and youngest billed
57Rusty Lane — oldest on the call sheet
36Arthur Franz — youngest billed
45average age of the credited cast
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