An Act of Murder

This article is about the 1948 US film. For the crime, see Murder. For other uses, see Act of Murder.

An Act of Murder
Film poster
Directed byMichael Gordon
Written byMichael Blankfort
Robert Thoeren
Based onDie Mühle der Gerechtigkeit by Ernst Lothar
Produced byJerry Bresler
StarringFredric March
Edmond O'Brien
Florence Eldridge
Geraldine Brooks
CinematographyHal Mohr
Edited byRalph Dawson
Music byDaniele Amfitheatrof
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal International Pictures
Release date
  • December 5, 1948 (1948-12-05) (New York City)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

An Act of Murder is a 1948 American film noir directed by Michael Gordon and starring Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, Florence Eldridge and Geraldine Brooks.[2] It was based on a novel by the Austrian writer Ernst Lothar. The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.[3] It is also known by the alternative titles Live Today for Tomorrow and I Stand Accused.[4]

  1. ^ An Act of Murder at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ Fetrow p.3
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: An Act of Murder". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
  4. ^ Higham, Charles; Greenberg, Joel (1968). Hollywood in the Forties. London: A. Zwemmer Limited. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-498-06928-4.