Please Murder Me

(1956)

78 minutes

Crime / Drama / Film Noir

Directed by Peter Godfrey

Cast: 

Angela Lansbury as Myra Leeds
Raymond Burr as Attorney Craig Carlson
Dick Foran as Joe Leeds
John Dehner as District Attorney Ray Willis
Lamont Johnson as Carl Holt
Robert Griffin as Lou Kazarian
Denver Pyle as Detective Lt. Bradley
Alex Sharp as Sgt. Hill
Lee Miller as Policeman on witness stand
Russell Thorson as Trial judge

A lawyer wins an a acquittal for his client, a woman accused of murder . After the verdict, he finds out that she indeed did commit the murder and manipulated him to win her acquittal. Guilt-ridden, and knowing that she can't be tried again for the murder, he devises a plan to bring her to justice.