Most Similar Movies to A Life in the Balance (1955)
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The Wrong Man (1956), Guilt Is My Shadow (1950), Mystery Street (1950), Eye Witness (1950), I Was Framed (1942), Out of Innocence (2016), Knock on Any Door (1949) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
The Wrong Man (1956)
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
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Guilt Is My Shadow (1950)
After a failed bank robbery the getaway driver flees to the Devon countryside and the farm of his uncle.
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Mystery Street (1950)
A small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after the discovery of a human skeleton on a Massachusetts beach.
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Eye Witness (1950)
In 1949, when his former British war buddy is charged with murder, American lawyer Adam Hayward goes to England to see if he can help.
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I Was Framed (1942)
A newspaperman out to get the goods on a crooked politician winds up in jail, framed for a killing he didn't commit. He and another prisoner attempt an escape, but although the newspaperman gets away, his colleague is caught and returned to jail. Years later, the convict gets out of prison and winds up in the same town where his former cellmate is now a respected citi...Read all
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Out of Innocence (2016)
A confused and scared young mother confesses to a crime she did not commit.
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Knock on Any Door (1949)
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
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Woman Wanted (1935)
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another auto. Ann escapes and ends up in the vehicle of Tony Baxter, a lawyer who has eyes for her.
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Full Confession (1939)
A Catholic priest by the name of Father Loma must convince a man to step forward to save an innocent man from being sent to the electric chair.
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The Frightened Man (1952)
Adapted from the prize-winning Broadway play that featured two people and a four-poster bed, in which the couple enacts their marriage, from its day in 1897, until he dies, some time after she has died from cancer. It is a "love" that endured wars, an "other" woman, and the death of their favorite son. The episodes are bridged and linked by cartoon sequences done by U...Read all
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Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
In a murder trial, the defendant says he suffered temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?
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High Wall (1947)
After a brain-damaged man confesses to murder and is committed, Dr. Ann Lorrison tries to prove his innocence.
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The Accused (1948)
A beautiful psychology professor tries to hide a self-defense killing.
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The Third Murder (2017)
A courtroom drama centered around the murder of a factory president.
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Hunt the Man Down (1950)
The suspect in a 12-year-old murder case is finally caught and tried, but the witnesses are a bit hard to track down...
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Guilty Hands (1931)
When lawyer Richard Grant (Lionel Barrymore) finds out that his daughter, Barbara (Madge Evans), is set to marry one of his old clients, Gordon Rich (Alan Mowbray), he protests because he knows Gordon is a philanderer and possible murderer. When Gordon refuses to call off the wedding, Richard murders him and makes it appear a suicide. After Marjorie West (Kay Francis), Gordon's mistress, discovers evidence that shows Richard was the killer, he threatens her life as well.
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Detective Story (1951)
On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.
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Compulsion (1959)
Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.
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