Am I Guilty? (1940)

Directed by

Sam Newfield

Genre

drama, crime

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

NR

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 1940 American film about a black cast. It is the only one released from a planned series. The story involves a doctor who deals with illegal activities.

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What happens

Am I Guilty? is a 1940 American film directed by Samuel Neufeld for the Supreme Pictures Corporation. The film's producer A. W. Hackel, who had founded Supreme Pictures, planned a series of films featuring black casts, but Am I Guilty? was the only one to be released. The screenplay was cowritten by Earle Snell and George Wallace Sayre based on a story by Sherman Lowe. Toddy Pictures rereleased the film as Racket Doctor in 1945. Advertisements for the film, including a lobby card, remain in existence, and a poster was appraised on an episode of the PBS show Antiques Roadshow. The Pittsburgh Courier described a gala opening at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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