AN ACT OF MURDER. An Act of Murder is the first book in the Professor Prather Mystery series written by Mary Angela. An Act of Murder stars Fredric March as a husband faced with an impossible predicament in this controversial drama that was well ahead of its time.Calvin Cooke (March), a no-nonsense judge in a small Pennsylvania town, finds his thoughts turning to end the life of his beloved wife Cathy (Florence Eldridge) when he learns that she has an incurable disease and is suffering from unbearable pain. The sense of onrushing darkness is tangible through the film-noir camera shadings of Hal Mohr (Captain Blood, Phantom of the Opera [1943], The Climax), and Daniele Amfitheatrof's rich musical score. When Cooke returns to the room, she says she is feeling better but would like to return home. Film, Video ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST motion picture | Feature film (over 60 minutes). An Act of Murder is a classic country-house mystery: an isolated estate, a small group of suspects, a limited amount of time to solve the crime. The country-house mystery premise has been done numerous times in interactive fiction… An Act of Murder stands out because it does ask the player to focus on drawing conclusions: what do you know? More Films, Videos like this. USA, 1948. Cooke can stand it no more. Here's our roundup of the best new series of the year so far, and where to watch them. That was the title of the dinner-theater murder mystery presented at Maryland's luxurious Harbourtowne resort on Valentine's Day weekend, 1998. Nurse Sister Mary (Claudette ... See full summary ». Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Elderly Mrs. Ross lives alone in her meager flat, scraping by on government assistance even as she claims to have great wealth. The helpless husband, the uncomplaining wife, and their final attempt to recapture happier days with a doomed weekend outing is the stuff of deep film drama indeed. Act of Murder 1h 2min | Crime , Drama | 1964 (UK) A dangerous psychological game plays out between a man and the husband of the lover who spurned him. Cooke's daughter Ellie complains to her mother Cathy about how unyielding her father can be; Cathy insists that he is a loving husband. Watch An Act of Murder (1948) - דרמה, פשע Movie: A stern hard-liner judge commits euthanasia to save his terminally ill wife from further suffering. 2. Server 1. He requests an autopsy in case Cathy had actually died from her illness before the crash. Looking for more? This film's relentless plotline marches straight-ahead forward as you squirm, fascinated, in your chair. You're charged with sorting out this whodunit in two hours or else face the displeasure of the Chief Inspector. . Little to no location work, mostly back lot and sound stage stuff. Cooke's life shatters when he learns his wife has terminal brain cancer; as her pain worsens, he begins to consider mercy-killing, but that would place him in the position of a defendant. Rather than tell her the truth, Morrison contacts her husband. At his office, Morrison performs a series of tests and then consults other experts. [3], Calvin Cooke, a principled but stubborn judge, presides over a murder case in which lawyer David Douglas is unsuccessful in proving that his client's state of mind was a mitigating factor. Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. An Act of Murder. An Act of Murder is less crime noir than it is personal drama. How the situation is handled by physicians and by the husband (March) is realistic and convincing. And she is victimized, making it necessary to find help for his wife 's cancer... 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