This Side of the Law
Jun 17, 1950 | IMDB 4.5
74 min Watch NowCrime
A man - trapped in a cistern - reflects on the dark events that lead to his lonely entrapment. Told in flashback, we witness his chance encounter with a nefarious lawyer who persuades him to impersonate a wealthy man who went missing 7 years ago.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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