Boomerang!
“It comes back at you again and again!”
When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence.
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Cast
23 people
Dana Andrews
State's Attorney Henry L. Harvey
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Jane Wyatt
Madge Harvey
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Lost Horizon
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Lee J. Cobb
Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson
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12 Angry Men
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Cara Williams
Irene Nelson
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The Defiant Ones
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Arthur Kennedy
John Waldron
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Lawrence of Arabia
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Sam Levene
Morning Record's Reporter Dave Woods
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Taylor Holmes
T.M. Wade
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Sleeping Beauty
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Robert Keith
'Mac' McCreery
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The Wild One
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Ed Begley
Paul Harris
Known for
12 Angry Men
Hang 'em High
Philip Coolidge
Jim Crossman
Known for
North by Northwest
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Bert Freed
Herron, a Man in Alley Mob
Known for
Paths of Glory
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Reed Hadley
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Elia Kazan Director · Richard Murphy Screenplay Fulton Oursler Writer
Worldwide gross $2.2M · Budget $1.1M · United States release February 28, 1947
Box office
Budget
$1,140,000
Worldwide gross
$2,250,000
Gross vs. budget
2.0×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 28, 1947
Theatrical · Los Angeles, California
Netherlands
May 27, 2014 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
XC
September 9, 1949 · Theatrical
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