The Strange Mrs. Crane
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Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former associate Floyd Durant shows up to blackmail Gina, she has no choice but to murder him. Things take a bizarre turn when Barbara Arnold is charged with Durant's murder and Gina is selected to serve on the jury.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1948-10-07
Runtime: 62 mins
Director: Sam Newfield
Writer: Al Martin
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama, Crime
Original title: The Strange Mrs. Crane
Production Companies: Eagle-Lion Films, John Sutherland Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
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