Zeus

Just Off Broadway (1942)

• Director
  • Herbert I. Leeds
• Writers
  • Brett Halliday(based on character created by)
  • Arnaud d'Usseau(original screenplay)
• Stars
  • Lloyd Nolan
  • Marjorie Weaver
  • Phil Silvers

  A private investigator flees from jury duty to prove the defendant's guilt in this detective story. He and his girlfriend, a reporter, begin looking into the suspect's alibis and discover that in addition to the murder he stands trial for, the man has also killed two others. Afterward, the detective is jailed of 60 days for defecting from the jury.