The Strange Mrs. Crane

The Strange Mrs. Crane
Directed by	Sam Newfield (as Sherman Scott)
Screenplay by	Al Martin
Cinematography	Jack Greenhalgh
Edited by	Martin G. Cohn
Production company	John Sutherland Productions
Distributed by	Eagle-Lion Films
Release date	1 December 1948 (USA)
Running time	62 mins
Country	United States
Language	English

The Strange Mrs. Crane is a 1948 American film noir directed by Sam Newfield (credited as Sherman Scott) for Eagle-Lion Films.

Plot[]

The Al Martin–penned murder drama centers around a senatorial candidate's wife's ex-partner's fiancee who is wrongly tried for murder. It turns out that the real culprit is the jury foreman who makes a fatal error at the last split second of the movie.

Production[]

Filming on The Strange Mrs. Crane began on June 11, 1948, at the Morey-Sutherland Studios.^[1] The script was adapted from 'Beyond a Reasonable Doubt', an episode of The Whistler, a radio program, and the episode aired on July 16, 1947.

Cast[]

• Gina Crane (Marjorie Lord)
• Floyd Durant (Robert Shayne)
• Clinton Crane (Pierre Watkin)
• Mark Emery (James Seay)
• Barbara Arnold (Ruth Brady)
• Edna Emmerson (Claire Whitney)
• Jeanette Woods (Dorothy Granger)

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