The Strange Mrs. Crane

The Strange Mrs. Crane

The Scandalous... the Secretive... the Sinister

NR 1948 · 62 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama, Crime

Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former associate Floyd Durant shows up to blackmail Gina, she has no choice but to murder him. Things take a bizarre turn when Barbara Arnold is charged with Durant's murder and Gina is selected to serve on the jury.

Directed by Sam Newfield · Written by Al Martin

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