An Act of Murder
"Mercy or Murder? Can you condemn this man?"
A man kills his terminally ill wife to prevent her further suffering.
"Mercy or Murder? Can you condemn this man?"
A man kills his terminally ill wife to prevent her further suffering.
Fredric March
Judge Calvin Cooke
Edmond O'Brien
David Douglas
Florence Eldridge
Catherine Cooke
Geraldine Brooks
Ellie Cooke
Stanley Ridges
Doctor Walter Morrison
John McIntire
Judge Ogden
Will Wright
Judge Jim Wilder
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Russell
Clarence Muse
Mr. Pope
A man kills his terminally ill wife to prevent her further suffering.
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