''I Was Framed'' is a 1942 American
crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combi ...
directed by
D. Ross Lederman
David Ross Lederman (December 12, 1894 – August 24, 1972) was an American film director noted for his Western/action/adventure films of the 1930s and 1940s.
Starting out as an extra in Mack Sennett's Keystone Cops series, Lederman worked ...
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According to Warner Bros records the film earned $159,000 domestically and $90,000 foreign.
Plot summary
Cast
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Tod Andrews
Tod Andrews (born Theodore Edwin Anderson; November 9, 1914 – November 7, 1972) was an American stage, screen, and television actor.
Early years
Tod Andrews was born as Theodore Edwin Anderson in El Paso, Texas, to Henry Anderson and Lydia ...
as Ken Marshall (Scott) (as Michael Ames)
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Julie Bishop
Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian former politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2018 and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2007 to 2018. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Curti ...
as Ruth Marshall (Scott)
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Regis Toomey as Bob Leeds
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Diana Hale as Penny Marshall (Scott) (as Patty Hale)
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John Harmon as Clubby Blake
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Aldrich Bowker
Aldrich Bowker (January 1, 1875 – March 21, 1947) was an American stage and film actor.
Biography
Bowker was born in Ashby, Massachusetts. He graduated from Fitchburg High School. His debut came in Boston in a stage adaptation of ''The C ...
as Dr. Phillip Black
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Roland Drew
Roland Drew (born Walter Goss; August 4, 1900 – March 17, 1988) was an American actor.
Biography
Born in 1900 in New York City, Drew made his first film in 1926 and continued to work until the 1940s. Noted primarily as Dolores del Río's ...
as Dist. Atty. Gordon Locke
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Oscar O'Shea
Oscar O'Shea (8 October 1881 – 6 April 1960) was a Canadian-American character actor with over 100 film appearances from 1937 to 1953.
Early years
O'Shea was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
Acting
O'Shea was a comic actor who earne ...
as Cal Beamish
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