Just Off Broadway (1942)
Directed by Herbert I. Leeds
Genres - Mystery |
Sub-Genres - Detective Film |
Release Date - Aug 28, 1942 (USA - Limited), Sep 25, 1942 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 66 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
A private investigator flees from jury duty to prove the defendant's guilt in this detective story. He and his girlfriend, a reporter, begin looking into the suspect's alibis and discover that in addition to the murder he stands trial for, the man has also killed two others. Afterward, the detective is jailed of 60 days for defecting from the jury.
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alibi, AWOL (Absent Without Leave), defense [military], detective, false-accusation, friendship, investigation, investigator, jury, jury-duty, killing, lawyer, murder, privacy, private-detective, reporter, responsibility, suspect, trial [courtroom]