I Was Framed
I Was Framed is a 1942 American crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman. According to Warner Bros records the film earned $159,000 domestically and $90,000 foreign.
Plot
Investigative reporter Ken Marshall, who finds evidence implicating political boss Stuart Gaines, is framed for vehicular manslaughter despite the efforts of his editor Bob Leeds. He escapes from prison and, with the help of kindly doctor Phillip Black, starts a new life as a small town newspaperman with his wife Ruth and baby girl Penny. A few years later, Ken's prison cellmate Clubby Blake is released, blackmails Ken and then shoots him. The police arrive and shoot Blake. Ken recovers and is cleared when the corruptors who framed him confess.Cast
| Sol Gorss | Mills, henchman assisting in framing Ken Marshall |
| Eddy Chandler | policeman who arrests Ken Marshall at fatal auto accident |
| Edward Hearn | policeman who assists at Ken Marshall's auto accident |
| Lee [Powell |Lee Powell] | policeman who assists at Ken Marshall's auto accident |
| Harry Strang | policeman who assists at Ken Marshall's auto accident |
| Fred Kelsey | one of two drunken man at accident scene |
| Hank Mann | one of two drunken man at accident scene |
| Herbert Heywood | man on park bench near accident scene |
| Bert Moorhouse | district attorney prosecuting Ken Marshall |
| John Hamilton | judge imposing sentence on Ken Marshall |
| Jack Mower | prison guard overseeing Ken Marshall |
| Frank Mayo | prison guard overseeing Ken Marshall |
| Joan Winfield | nurse assisting Dr. Black |