The Paradine Case
The dramatic case of a beautiful woman whose trial for murder held the nation spellbound.
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12/31/1947Runtime
114 minsOverview
Attorney Anthony Keane agrees to represent Londonite Mrs. Paradine, who has been fingered in her husband's murder. From the start, the married lawyer is drawn to the enigmatic beauty, and he begins to cast about for a way to exonerate his client. Keane puts the Paradine household servant on the stand, suggesting he is the killer. But Keane soon loses his way in the courtroom, and his half-baked plan sets off a stunning chain of events.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$4,258,000Revenue
$2,100,000Homepage
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A courtroom thriller where a lawyer's infatuation with his client, a woman accused of murder, clouds his judgment and unravels everything. Hitchcock's dark meditation on how desire can blind us to truth.
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Gregory Peck
Anthony Keane
Ann Todd
Gay Keane
Alida Valli
Mrs. Paradine
Charles Laughton
Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
Charles Coburn
Sir Simon Flaquer
Ethel Barrymore
Lady Sophie Horfield
Louis Jourdan
Andre Latour
Leo G. Carroll
Sir Joseph
Joan Tetzel
Judy Flaquer
Isobel Elsom
Innkeeper
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Cabby (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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