Framed (1947 film)
Framed is a 1947 American blackandwhite film noir directed by Richard Wallace and featuring Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan and Edgar Buchanan. The B movie is generally praised by critics as an effective crime thriller despite its low budget.
Paula talks a married man, Steve, into robbing the bank that he manages. The two then drug Mike, intending to frame him for the crime. Paula proceeds to kill Steve take all of the stolen cash. She is able to convince Mike that he is the one who killed Steve in a drunken rage and that she has covered up for him, thereby implicating herself. She begs him to run away with her. Mike considers her offer until he learns that Jeff, who has become a friend, has been accused of the killingand that Paula intends to pin the robbery that Steve committed on Jeff to give the police a fall guy for the crime.Paula is tricked by Mike into opening a safedeposit box where the stolen money is, and the police quickly place her under arrest. ........
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