The Long Dark Hall

A minor-league courtroom drama from a script written by Nunnally Johnson while he was at Universal. It was later sold to A&P heir Huntington Hartford, who eventually had it produced in England. Harrison is a married man with a couple of children. He has a wonderful relationship with his wife, Palmer, but can't resist a bit of dalliance on the side. When his mistress is murdered, all the circumstantial evidence points to him. We know from the start that he's innocent, since they have chosen to make this an "open mystery" (in which the audience knows the culprit's identity). Harrison is put on trial, and most of the film takes place in the courtroom as the web of evi...