Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Boomerang (1947)

Boomerang! - (Textless Trailer)

Prosecutor Dana Andrews fights to prove the defendant in a scandalous murder case is innocent in Elia Kazan's Boomerang! (1947).

Boomerang! (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Police Still Baffled

Lt. White (Karl Malden) with murder witnesses in church for the viewing of the slain priest, his crusty boss Robinson (Lee J. Cobb) intervening, reporter Dave (Sam Levene) attempting an ambush, early in director Elia Kazan's Boomerang!, 1947.

Boomerang! (1947) -- (Movie Clip) It's All Connecticut

Reed Hadley narrates, following the credits, the terse opening of what director Elia Kazan considered his breakthrough film, Boomerang!, 1947, starring Dana Andrews, Lee J. Cobb and Arthur Kennedy.

Boomerang (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Boys Just Don't Do That

Police chief Robinson (Lee J. Cobb) unleashes suddenly-willing witness Irene (Cara Williams) on murder suspect Waldron (Arthur Kennedy), her mostly true account spun against him, as prosecutor Harvey (Dana Andrews) arrives with more damning evidence, in Elia Kazan's Boomerang!, 1947.

Boomerang! (1947) -- (Movie Clip) 4,000 Suspects

Cop Robinson (Lee J. Cobb) getting chewed out by his boss (Ben Lackland), visited by upright prosecutor Harvey (Dana Andrews), Lt. White (Karl Malden) visiting, as the search for a suspect drags on, in Elia Kazan's Boomerang!, 1947.

Boomerang! (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Afraid Of What?

Finally apprehended priest-murder suspect Waldrom (Arthur Kennedy) gets sweated by White (Karl Malden), then Chief Robinson (Lee J. Cobb), and confronted by a witness (Helen Hatch), in Elia Kazan's Boomerang, 1947.