# Accused of Murder

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1956 film by Joseph Kane

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Accused of Murder Theatrical release poster Directed by Joseph Kane Screenplay by Robert Creighton Williams W. R. Burnett Based on the novel Vanity Row by W. R. Burnett Produced by Joseph Kane Starring David Brian Vera Ralston Sidney Blackmer Cinematography Bud Thackery Edited by Richard L. Van Enger Music by R. Dale Butts Color process Trucolor Production company Republic Pictures Distributed by Republic Pictures Release date December 21, 1956 (1956-12-21) Running time 74 minutes Country United States Language English

***Accused of Murder*** is a 1956 American [film noir](/source/Film_noir) [crime film](/source/Crime_film) directed by [Joseph Kane](/source/Joseph_Kane) and starring [David Brian](/source/David_Brian), [Vera Ralston](/source/Vera_Ralston) and [Sidney Blackmer](/source/Sidney_Blackmer).

## Plot

Nightclub singer Ilona Vance is accused of murder because she was the last person to see crooked attorney Frank Hobart alive. Lt. Hargis attempts to prove her innocence.

## Cast

- [David Brian](/source/David_Brian) as Lt. Roy Hargis

- [Vera Ralston](/source/Vera_Ralston) as Ilona Vance

- [Sidney Blackmer](/source/Sidney_Blackmer) as Frank Hobart

- [Virginia Grey](/source/Virginia_Grey) as Sandra Lamoreaux

- [Warren Stevens](/source/Warren_Stevens) as Stant

- [Lee Van Cleef](/source/Lee_Van_Cleef) as Sgt. Emmett Lackey

- [Barry Kelley](/source/Barry_Kelley) as Police Captain Smedley

- Richard Karlan as Chad Bayliss

- [Frank Puglia](/source/Frank_Puglia) as Cesar Cipriano

- [Elisha Cook Jr.](/source/Elisha_Cook_Jr.) as Whitey Pollock

- [Ian MacDonald](/source/Ian_MacDonald_(actor)) as Trumble

- [Greta Thyssen](/source/Greta_Thyssen) as Myra Bayliss

## Production

The film was based on a novel by W.R. Burnett who said, "It was a very unusual book, and nobody was more surprised than I was when Republic bought it." He was hired to write the sript. [Vera Hruba Ralston](/source/Vera_Hruba_Ralston) was cast as the female lead, which Burnett said led to the script being changed so her character was innocent, and "The whole goddamned show went out the window."[1]

## See also

- [List of American films of 1956](/source/List_of_American_films_of_1956)

## Notes

- McGilligan, Patrick; Mate, Ken (1986). "W.R. Burnett: The Outsider". In McGilligan, Patrick (ed.). *Backstory: interviews with screenwriters of Hollywood's golden age*. University of California press. pp. 49–84.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** McGilligan and Mate p 77

## External links

- [*Accused of Murder*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048924/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [*Accused of Murder*](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/66740/enwp) at the [TCM Movie Database](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies#TCMdb) (archived)

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