The Missing Juror

The Missing Juror

Mystifying! Baffling! Thrilling! A Strange Story of Sudden Death!

1944 · 66 min · ★ 6.3 · Crime, Mystery

In a major murder case, an innocent man is convicted. Though saved at the last moment, his sanity is gone and he kills himself. Soon, the jurors on his case begin to be picked off, one by one, leading newspaperman Joe Keats to investigate.

Directed by Budd Boetticher · Written by Charles O'Neal

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