Genre:Crime - Film-Noir Release Date:March 1956 Run time: 78 minutes Director:Peter Godfrey Actors:Angela Lansbury, Raymond Burr, Dick Foran
Defense lawyer Craig Carlson (Raymond Burr) buys a pistol at a pawn shop and travels to his office, where he deposits the gun in a desk drawer with a file folder, then begins to dictate into a tape recorder. Directing his message to District Attorney Ray Willis (John Dehner), he reveals that he anticipates being murdered within an hour, and begins to tell his story in extended flashbacks.
