Show An Act Of Murder l Rated Years Year's Best Film FilmA A FredrIc March March picture Is always an event to t because of Its usually high hl hi acting standard The stars star's Hew fw An Act of Murder should be of ot special s ecial Interest It Is a a. tense strongly motivated strongly strongly- photoplay with an entirely new kind of at screen killer The Universal-International Universal production production production tion opens Tuesday at the Egyptian I Theatre with March Edmond OBrien O'Brien Florence Eldridge and Geraldine Brooks I as co I March portrays a Pennsylvania Judge who Insists In his courtroom on Judging cases by the letter of ot the law Ho He clashes both In and out of court courton on his principle with criminal lawyer OBrien O'Brien who dislikes March's rigid In Interpretation In- In Interpretation Interpretation of at the code books and thinks laws should be upheld In spirit Instead of at by the letter OBrien O'Brien Is also In love with March's daughter played by Geraldine Brooks which complicates matters When March finds himself through an auto crash as a defendant on a murder charge OBrien O'Brien becomes his at at- at torney Thus March learns much about law from the other side of the bench The Tho plot has a surprise ending which had better remain untold here so as not notto notto notto to spoil span Its entertainment value for audiences seeing this remarkable pic pic- ture Acting by the four tour stars Is tops Another fine lne performance Is given by Stanley Ridges as a a. noted brain sur sur- geon |