Highest-Rated Movies about 'Wrongly Accused'

Dial M for Murder (1954), Johnny Guitar (1954), The Wrong Man (1956), The Young Philadelphians (1959), Kansas City Confidential (1952), Road House (1948), Red Dust (1932), The Marriage Circle (1924) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Wrongly Accused movies.

#16. The Chase (1994)

Storyline: Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car chase is being broadcast live on every TV-channel, covering the event from helicopters, the backseat of a police car, the pavement of the highway etc.

Plot Keywords: hostage, car chase, escaped convict, on the road, sex in car, police station, mariachi band ...

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#17. Escape to Burma (1955)

Storyline: A local prince in British Burma has been killed, apparently by his prospecting partner Jim Brecan. The bereaved father wants Brecan's head, no questions asked, but Captain Cardigan of the colonial police hopes to find him first for a fair trial. Meanwhile, Brecan finds refuge on the teak plantation of wealthy colonial Gwen Moore, where mutual attraction soon makes him indispensable...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: taming of the shrew, wall safe, ruby, gong, palace, tiger, elephant ...

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#19. Sea Devils (1953)

Storyline: Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman to the French coast in the year 1800. She tells him she hopes to rescue her brother from the guillotine. Gilliatt finds himself falling in love and so feels betrayed when he later learns this woman is a countess helping Napoleon plan an invasion of England. In reality, however, the "countess" is an English agent working to thwart this invasion. after Gilliatt finds this out, he returns to France to rescue the woman whose true purpose has been discovered by the French.—dinky-4 of Minneapolis

Plot Keywords: france, 1800s, based on novel, customs officer, fishing boat, abduction, castle ...

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#20. Sagebrush Trail (1933)

Storyline: Imprisoned for a murder he did not commit, John Brant escapes and ends up out west where, after giving the local lawmen the slip, he joins up with an outlaw gang. Brant finds out that 'Jones', one of the outlaws he has become friends with, committed the murder that Brant was sent up for, but has no knowledge that anyone was ever put in jail for his crime. Willing to forgive and forget, Brant doesn't realize that 'Jones' has not only fallen for the same pretty shopgirl Brant has, but begins to suspect that Brant is not truly an outlaw.—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>

Plot Keywords: actor shares first name with character, reprisal, violence, vindication, revenge seeker, false accusation, reformation ...

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#21. Marked Men (1940)

Storyline: Bill Carver is a young medical-school graduate wrongly confined in prison. He escapes and finds a haven and romance in an Arizona small town. But his hopes of happiness and freedom are dashed when gangster Joe Mallon and his four henchmen show up. Mallon was the one who engineered Bill into the frame-up felony that sent him to prison along with Mallon. Bill is forced to lead Mallon and his men into an escape attempt across the blistering, sun-scorched desert.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: arizona desert, thirst, marriage ceremony, reprisal, wanted poster, happy ending, medical school ...

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#22. Blazing Guns (1934)

Storyline: After Slug Raton takes Brady's horse, hat, and gun, the Sheriff arrests Grady thinking he is the outlaw. Slug's men chase them to Ricard's ranch which they burn. After Grady saves the Ricard's from their burning house, Betty Lou saves Grady from hanging at the hands of the masked vigilantes. Grady recognizes the voice of Raton among the vigilantes and now knows who to go after.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>

Plot Keywords: independent film, cattle ranch, arson, gang leader, gang member, murder, violence ...

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#23. Outlaw Express (1938)

Storyline: The government assigns cavalry captain Bob Bradley (Bob Baker) to an area where pony express riders are being killed by arrows and their mail is being rifled. Posing as horse buyers, Bob and his pal, Andy Sharpe (Don Barclay), center their investigation around the ranch owned by Don Ricardo Hernandez (Martin Garralaga) where, in addition to learning that the Don has a pretty daughter named Lorita (Cecelia Callejo), he discovers that Jack Sommers (LeRoy Mason) and his lead henchman Phelps (Jack Kirk) are getting possession of the huge ranches, created by Spanish land grants, by having Ramon (Carleton Young), a disloyal Hernandez servant, kill the riders with arrows (hoping the Indians will be blamed) and taking the certificates of registry.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: western music, rope, remake, rancher, ranch foreman, prisoner, posse ...

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