Boomerang!
- Released on
Drama, Mystery
•- Runtime
- 88 mins
(77 votes)
When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence.
When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence.
Cast
- Dana Andrews
- Jane Wyatt
- Lee J. Cobb
- Cara Williams
- Arthur Kennedy
- Sam Levene
- Taylor Holmes
- Robert Keith
- Ed Begley
- Philip Coolidge
- Bert Freed
- Reed Hadley
- Brian Keith
- Karl Malden
- Arthur Miller
- Leona Roberts
- Frank Overton
- Harry Davis
- Anthony Ross
- Wyrley Birch
Director
- Elia Kazan
Producers
- Louis De Rochemont
Screenwriter
- Richard Murphy