Sealed Verdict

Sealed Verdict
Directed byLewis Allen
Screenplay byJonathan Latimer
Based onThe Sealed Verdict by Lionel Shapiro
Produced byRobert Fellows
StarringRay Milland
Florence Marly
Broderick Crawford
CinematographyLeo Tover
Edited byAlma Macrorie
Music byHugo Friedhofer
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • November 5, 1948 (1948-11-05)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Sealed Verdict is a 1948 American mystery drama war film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Ray Milland, Florence Marly and starring Broderick Crawford.[1] The film was based on the novel The Sealed Verdict by Lionel Shapiro. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Extensive location shooting took place in Strasbourg, which had been occupied by the Germans from 1940 to 1944.[2]

Plot

Maj. Robert Lawson (Ray Milland), a lawyer working in Germany as part of the American Army's tribunal for prosecuting Nazi war criminals, successfully convicts Gen. Otto Steigmann (John Hoyt) of war crimes. Defense witness Themis DeLisle (Florence Marly), whose French Resistance father's life was saved by Steigmann, insists the German officer is innocent. Despite pressure from his superiors, Lawson decides to reopen his investigation, uncovering evidence that may clear Steigmann.

Cast

Florence Marly in an advertisement for Sealed Verdict

References

  1. ^ McKay p.165
  2. ^ McKay p.165

Bibliography

  • McKay, James. Ray Milland: The Films, 1929-1984. McFarland, 2020.


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