Watch The Family Secret (1951) Full Movie Online Free
Quality: HD
Genre:Crime, Drama
Director:Henry Levin
Starring:John Derek, Lee J Cobb, Jody Lawrance
Writers: Marie Baumer, James P Cavanagh, Francis M Cockrell
Release date: 24 Oct 1951
Countries: United States
Languages: English
Runtime: 85 min
6.4
Storyline: The Family Secret 1951 Outside a tavern, best friends Art Bradley and David Clark exchange punches over a girl Art is drunk and pulls a knife on David, who hits Art over the head with a rock Art dies and a panicked David drives home, where his parents are having a card party Outside the house David hoses down his car to get rid of the mud stains, then runs upstairs to wash his dirty, bloody face and change his dirty clothes, then walks downstairs to greet his parents guests like nothing is wrong But the police call the house to inform Davids father Howard, a retired criminal attorney, of Arts death Arts mother is one of the Clarks guests They all go to the morgue to identify the body and the doctor gives Arts mother a sedative and sends her to bed David feigns surprise about Arts death, but later his father confronts him and he admits that he killed Art Although it looks like a classic case of self defense, David hesitates to inform the police Davids father urges him to surrender to the police and also tell his mother that he did it She takes a radically different approach, advising him to keep quiet because he could go to prison Davids father tells him to follow his conscience about confessing, to the district attorney The day David and his father walk into D A s office for David to confess, the D A receives word that Arts killer has been arrested The suspect is Joe Eisner, a well known illegal bookie to whom Art owed money Realizing that an innocent man has been wrongfully arrested for Arts killing, David sees his chance to avoid prison time by allowing Joe Elsner to take the blame Ashamed about his son, Davids father keeps quiet but urges David to do the right thing then Joe Eisners wife asks Davids father to defend her innocent husband She knows that Howard Clark is retired but she argues that he is the best criminal lawyer in town whos been recommended to her Of course, Howard Clark refuses to help her, knowing his son David is the culprit However, David and his mother Ellen convince Davids father to take the case and defend the innocent Joe Elsner, to ensure that an innocent man wont take the blame for Davids deed Persuaded by these arguments, Howard Clark agrees to defend Joe Elsner, but the court proceedings dont go as planned a tough prosecutor and an untruthful witness for the prosecution complicate matters At the same time, a guilt ridden David becomes more and more desperate to find inner peace by confessing to the killing
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