Sealed Verdict is a 1948 American mystery drama war film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Ray Milland, Florence Marly and starring Broderick Crawford. The film was based on the novel The Sealed Verdict by Lionel Shapiro. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Extensive location shooting took place in Strasbourg, which had been occupied by the Germans from 1940 to 1944.
Plot
Maj. Robert Lawson (Ray Milland), a lawyer working in Germany as part of the American Army's tribunal for prosecuting Nazi war criminals, successfully convicts Gen. Otto Steigmann (John Hoyt) of war crimes. Defense witness Themis DeLisle (Florence Marly), whose French Resistance father's life was saved by Steigmann, insists the German officer is innocent. Despite pressure from his superiors, Lawson decides to reopen his investigation, uncovering evidence that may clear Steigmann.
Cast
Ray Milland as Maj. Robert Lawson
Florence Marly as Themis DeLisle
Broderick Crawford as Captain Kinsella
John Hoyt as Gen. Otto Steigmann
John Ridgely as Capt. Lance Nissen
Ludwig Donath as Jacob Meyersohn
Norbert Schiller as Slava Rodal
Dan Tobin as Lieutenant Parker
Olive Blakeney as Camilla Cameron
Marcel Journet as Captain Gribemont
Paul Lees as Private Clay
James Bell as Mr. Elmer
Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Cora Hockland
Frank Conroy as Colonel Pike
Celia Lovsky as Mrs. Emma Steigmann
June Jeffery as Erika Wagner
Patricia Miller as Maria Romanek
Selmer Jackson as Dr. Bossin
Charles Evans as General Kirkwood
References
Bibliography
McKay, James. Ray Milland: The Films, 1929-1984. McFarland, 2020.