Summary In this Americanized retelling of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, a medical student--broke, hungry and desperate for money--murders a loan shark to whom he owes money. After the killing, he's tormented by guilt over what he's done. A police captain, who's convinced the student committed the crime but can't prove it for lack of evidence, plays on the young man's guilt in order to get him to confess to the crime. View more details
Directed : Alfred Zeisler
Written : Fyodor Dostoevsky Dennis J. Cooper Alfred Zeisler
Stars : Anne Gwynne Warren William Peter Cookson Francis Pierlot
Genres : Mystery Drama Film-Noir
Release date : Mar 1, 1946
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Production companies : Lindsley Parsons Productions
Summary In this Americanized retelling of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, a medical student--broke, hungry and desperate for money--murders a loan shark to whom he owes money. After the killing, he's tormented by guilt over what he's done. A police captain, who's convinced the student committed the crime but can't prove it for lack of evidence, plays on the young man's guilt in order to get him to confess to the crime. View more details
Genres : Mystery Drama Film-Noir
Release date : Mar 1, 1946
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Production companies : Lindsley Parsons Productions