6.5
“A suspense thriller....of GREED and PASSION!”
The Straw Man (1953)
August 17, 19531h 14mEN
5.5
2 votes
Overview
A newly married man is convicted of murdering a former lover in his apartment, and sentenced to hang. With a payout on his life worth 20,000 pounds, the insurance company sends an investigator to find out the truth.
Director
Donald TaylorWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Hedgerley
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CinemaSerf
6.0There's something of the "Armchair Theatre" about this production, much of it seems to be conducted from the sitting position - there is virtually no action at all! Clifford Evans is "Jeff Howard", an insurance investigator who finds himself investigating a murder so his company doesn't have to pay up on a policy held by the man convicted of the murder once he is hanged. Aside from the rather obvious assumption that any policy would be null and void if the bearer were actually executed for a capital offence, the story is a fair one as he has to try and discover the truth! It transpires that th…
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