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Film / 1948
Sealed Verdict
Directed by
Lewis Allen
John Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of World War II. Sentenced to death, the general appeals to the American investigating Major (Ray Milland), claiming mitigating circumstances, and providing the names of witnesses who will clear his name. This sends the Major in a search through the ruins of post-war Germany to determine the degree of the general's guilt.
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John Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of World War II. Sentenced to death, the general appeals to the American investigating Major (Ray Milland), claiming mitigating circumstances, and providing the names of witnesses who will clear his name. This sends the Major in a search through the ruins of post-war Germany to determine the degree of the general's guilt.
Cast
Ray MillandRobert Lawson
Florence MarlyThemis DeLisle
Broderick CrawfordCaptain Kinsella
John HoytOtto Steigmann
John RidgelyLance Nissen
Norbert SchillerSlava Rodal
Patricia MillerMaria Romanek
Charles EvansGen. Kirkwood
Ludwig DonathJakob Meyersohn
Celia LovskyEmma Steigmann
James BellMr. Hockland
Elisabeth RisdonMrs. Hockland
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Olive BlakeneyCamilla Cameron
Ann DoranEllie Blaine
Paul LeesClay Hockland
June JefferyErika
Frank ConroyColonel Pike
Dan TobinLieutenant Parker
Marcel JournetCapt. Gribemont
John EldredgeColonel Macklin
Dave WillockStockade Desk Sergeant
Selmer JacksonDr. Bossin
Thomas Browne HenryBriefing JAG Colonel
Torben MeyerCourtroom Interpreter
Dorothy GrangerEdna Brown
Carole MathewsHospital Receptionist
John WengrafGerman Doctor
Fay WallHospital Nurse
Paula RaymondGuard
Leo SchlesingerGerman Soldier
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