‘Boomerang!’: Humans Determine Innocence or Guilt

The point of a justice system is not the system itself, but justice. 

Vagrant ex-serviceman, John Waldron (Arthur Kennedy) and Henry Harvey (Dana Andrews) at court, in "Boomerang." 20th Century Fox

NR | 1h 28min | Drama | 1947

Elia Kazan’s film, “Boomerang!,” (1947) is part documentary, part police procedural, and part courtroom drama. The story shows how the criminal justice system is as fallible as the humans who make or break it.