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Incident in an Alley is a 1962 American neo noir crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Chris Warfield, Erin O'Donnell and Harp McGuire. [1] The film's premise rests on a legal precedent that police may use force against fleeing suspects if the suspect has committed a crime and is warned of the officer's intent to shoot.
Incident in an Alley: Directed by Edward L. Cahn. With Chris Warfield, Jacklyn O'Donnell, Harp McGuire, Virginia Christine. Based on a short story by Rod Serling ("The Twilight Zone"), a cop "mistakenly" kills a 14-year-old boy during a robbery.
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- Crime, Drama
- Edward L. Cahn
- 1962-05-16
Plot. After beat cop Bill Joddy shoots and kills a fleeing suspect, the victim is found to be a 14-year-old boy. Joddy is charged with manslaughter but is acquitted by a jury. He begins to question his own culpability while trying to prove that the boy was participating in a robbery just before he was shot. Cast. Chris Warfield as Bill Joddy.
Adapted from a short story by Rod Serling, the story concerns a policeman (Chris Warfield) who ‘mistakenly’ kills a young teenage boy during a robbery. Although innocent for the shooting, the cop is eerie by his crime.
- Edward L. Cahn
- Robert E. Kent Productions
Dec 22, 2011 · Officer Bill Jody (Chris Warfield) and his partner are out looking for a gang of thieves who robbed a music store when Jody happens on a panicked kid in an alley. The cop shoots the boy in the back when he tries to flee, but as the dust settles, the justification for the killing is questioned.
INCIDENT IN AN ALLEY was the second to last feature for director Edward L. Cahn who once again showed that he could take a decent story and crank it out there… ★★★½ Watched by James Austin Aguirre 06 Dec 2021
Hounded by a pipsqueak reporter, a tearful mother and a jeering neighborhood, the reinstated policeman does some alley research that finally yields new evidence.Why it takes so long to uncover...
