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Show "The Verdict" At Rivoli Wednesday, Thursday Is Novel Film Puzzler i . ' Promising much in the way of an unusual film puzzle is Warner Bros', newest mystery drama, "The Verdict," scheduled to open Wednesday at the Rivoli Theatre. ' Starring Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Pe-ter Lorre and Joan Lorring, the film revolves around Scotland j : Yard's breathtaking search for a murderer in the dismal, gas-lit streets of London in 1890. On hand to lend support to the stars in other important roles are George Coulouris and Rosalind Ivan and many more, among them : , Paul Cavanagh, Arthur Shields, 1 Holmes Herbert and Clyde Cook. Based On ZangwUl Novel Based on a novel by Israel Zang-will, Zang-will, "The Verdict," presents Sydney Syd-ney Greenstreet in the role of Superintendent Sup-erintendent Grodman of Scotland Yard, venerable officer of the law whose conscientiousness is sur-' passed only by his integrity. When his jealous subordinate, Buckley (George Coulouris), turns up evidence evi-dence to prove that Grodman has been responsible for the hanging of an innocent man, Grodman resigns reluctantly and Buckley steps into the position with obnoxious alacrity. alac-rity. It is not long before another puzzling murder turns up and the newly appointed Superintendent bids fair to repeat the same miscarriage mis-carriage of justice by convicting another innocent man. But he is happily saved from his error when Grodman applies his substantial experience to the task at hand ind eventually brings justice to I bear. j Peter Lorre and Joan Lorring, co-starred for the second time with Greenstreet (the trio were originally origin-ally seen together in the recently successful "Three Strangers," appear, ap-pear, respectively, as Victor Emm-ric, Emm-ric, sensitive artist and bachelor, whose suspicious nocturnal habits involve him heavily in the murder; and Lottie, a little cockney music hall singer whose self-confessed love for the murdered man is strangely at variance with her ac- tions as witnessed by the police i themselves. |