Boomerang! [1947] Dana Andrews, Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt
CrimeFilm noir
Clips are not offered for this film: no licence or public-domain mark is recorded for it.
Parts
About
Boomerang! is a 1947 American Film Noir based on the true story of a vagrant who was accused of murder by an incompetent police force, only to be found not guilty through the efforts of the prosecutor. It stars Dana Andrews, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, Arthur Kennedy and Jane Wyatt.
The film was directed by Elia Kazan, based on a story (written by Fulton Oursler, credited as "Anthony Abbot") in Reader's Digest and was shot largely in Stamford, Connecticut after Kazan was denied permission to film in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where the actual events occurred This semdocumentary also contains voice-overs by Reed Hadley. The film was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival.
- Archive
- Internet Archive, in Film noir
- Licence or status
- The Internet Archive states none for this item.
- Who can watch
- The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Teens profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed