| Boomerang! | |
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| Directed by | Elia Kazan |
| Screenplay by | Richard Murphy |
| Based on | The Perfect Case 1945 article in The Reader's Digest by Anthony Abbot |
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| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Reed Hadley |
| Cinematography | Norbert Brodine |
| Edited by | Harmon Jones |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | 20th Century Fox |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.14 million[1] |
| Box office | $2.25 million (rentals)[2][3] |
Boomerang! is a 1947 American crime semidocumentary film noir based on the true story of a vagrant accused of murder. It stars Dana Andrews, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, Arthur Kennedy and Jane Wyatt, with voiceovers by Reed Hadley.
The film was directed by Elia Kazan and adapted from a 1945 Reader's Digest story written by Fulton Oursler (credited as Anthony Abbot) based on an actual 1924 crime. The film was shot mostly in Stamford, Connecticut, after Kazan was denied permission to film in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where the crime and trial occurred.[4]
The film was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival.[5]
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey (1989). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, p. 244, ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1.
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey (1989). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, p. 222, ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1.
- ^ "Top Grossers of 1947", Variety, 7 January 1948 p 63
- ^ "'Boomerang!,' shot in Stamford, to be screened in Bridgeport", The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, October 13, 2009
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Boomerang!". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2011.