Boomerang! (1947)
Beloved priest is shot down in full sight of several witnesses and a manhunt commences. The town wants a swift conclusion to the crime and finds a fall guy in Arthur Kennedy: a drifter who fits the general description, was in town at the time, owns a gun, and confesses to the crime.
The so-good-he's-almost-boring prosecutor (with an even more boring wife) takes what looks to be an airtight case and picks it apart, piece by piece, until it's just a pile of circumstance which isn't strong enough to combat reasonable doubt. The interesting thing about the film is that they're so careful never to say "the guy's innocent." For all I know he was guilty. But, in order for our legal system to work well, it must examine everything.
It's a decent "based on a true story" drama that is careful not to outright twist the facts, but has no problem giving the viewer a scapegoat that is obviously nothing more than fiction.
B
The so-good-he's-almost-boring prosecutor (with an even more boring wife) takes what looks to be an airtight case and picks it apart, piece by piece, until it's just a pile of circumstance which isn't strong enough to combat reasonable doubt. The interesting thing about the film is that they're so careful never to say "the guy's innocent." For all I know he was guilty. But, in order for our legal system to work well, it must examine everything.
It's a decent "based on a true story" drama that is careful not to outright twist the facts, but has no problem giving the viewer a scapegoat that is obviously nothing more than fiction.
B
posted by MeMe | 4:50 PM
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