Sealed Verdict

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Sealed Verdict is a 1948 American mystery drama war film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Ray Milland, Florence Marly and starring Broderick Crawford.^[1] The film was based on the novel The Sealed Verdict by Lionel Shapiro. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Extensive location shooting took place in Strasbourg, which had been occupied by the Germans from 1940 to 1944.^[2]

Plot

Maj. Robert Lawson (Ray Milland), a lawyer working in Germany as part of the American Army's tribunal for prosecuting Nazi war criminals, successfully convicts Gen. Otto Steigmann (John Hoyt) of war crimes. Defense witness Themis DeLisle (Florence Marly), whose French Resistance father's life was saved by Steigmann, insists the German officer is innocent. Despite pressure from his superiors, Lawson decides to reopen his investigation, uncovering evidence that may clear Steigmann.

Cast

• Ray Milland as Maj. Robert Lawson
• Florence Marly as Themis DeLisle
• Broderick Crawford as Captain Kinsella
• John Hoyt as Gen. Otto Steigmann
• John Ridgely as Capt. Lance Nissen
• Ludwig Donath as Jacob Meyersohn
• Norbert Schiller as Slava Rodal
• Dan Tobin as Lieutenant Parker
• Olive Blakeney as Camilla Cameron
• Marcel Journet as Captain Gribemont
• Paul Lees as Private Clay
• James Bell as Mr. Elmer
• Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Cora Hockland
• Frank Conroy as Colonel Pike
• Celia Lovsky as Mrs. Emma Steigmann
• June Jeffery as Erika Wagner
• Patricia Miller as Maria Romanek
• Selmer Jackson as Dr. Bossin
• Charles Evans as General Kirkwood

References

Bibliography

• McKay, James. Ray Milland: The Films, 1929-1984. McFarland, 2020.

External links

• Sealed Verdict at IMDb
• Sealed Verdict at the TCM Movie Database