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por **roisiano** » Sab Oct 01, 2011 9:45 pm

Key Witness (D. Ross Lederman, 1947)

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Crime | Drama | Thriller

Writers: J. Donald Wilson (story); Edward Bock & Raymond L. Schrock (adaptation)

Cast:
John Beal ... Milton Higby
Trudy Marshall ... Marge Andrews
Jimmy Lloyd ... Larry Summers
Helen Mowery ... Sally Guthrie
Wilton Graff ... Albert Loring
Barbara Read ... Martha Higby (as Barbara Reed)
Charles Trowbridge ... John Ballin
Harry Hayden ... Custer Bidwell
William Newell ... Smiley
Selmer Jackson ... Edward Clemmons
Robert Williams ... Officer Johnson

Storyline

Milton Higby, an inventor of gadgets that don't sell finds himself accused of a crime he didn't commit---the killing of a girl he had just met---, and takes to the open road with the police in close pursuit. In his travels, he stumbles across the body of another murder victim and switches identities with the corpse. With his new name he poses as the long-lost son of a wealthy industrialist until he is exposed and charged also with the second murder.

Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

When his wife Martha leaves town to visit her sister, Milton Higby, a henpecked draftsman with a flair for inventing gadgets, accompanies friend Larry Summers to the racetrack. There Milton, a novice at horseracing, mistakenly places twenty dollars on the daily double but wins a small fortune.

To celebrate, Milton throws a party for Larry and his two girl friends, Marge Andrews and Sally Guthrie, at Sally's apartment. Intoxicated, Milton falls asleep. After Larry and Marge leave, Sally's estranged husband Jim comes to the apartment and after a heated quarrel, shoots her. Upon awakening, Milton finds Sally's dead body, and fearing that he will be blamed for the crime, runs away and becomes a tramp.

While traveling one day with Smiley, a fellow tramp, Milton finds a disfigured body along the railroad tracks and assumes the identity of the dead man, Arthur Ballin, who is then buried as Milton. Some time later, Milton is struck down by an automobile, and the papers he is carrying identify him as the estranged son of millionaire John Ballin.

Believing Milton to be his long-lost son, Ballin persuades him to return home and finances him in the business of manufacturing gadgets. Months later, Marge, having just married Larry, buys one of the gadgets and takes it home to Larry, who recognizes it as one of Milton's inventions.

Believing that the Ballin company has stolen his late friend's idea, Larry launches an investigation which eventually forces Milton to disclose his true identity. As Milton prepares to face charges for murdering Sally, the police manage to obtain a confession from Jim. Although Ballin and Martha forgive Milton, Milton is accused of murdering Arnold.

After Milton is convicted, Smiley comes forward to corroborate Milton's story of finding Arthur's body on the railroad tracks. Finally absolved, Milton reunites with Martha, firmly convinced that no one can escape trouble by running away from it.

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