The Strange Mrs. Crane

Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former associate Floyd Durant shows up to blackmail Gina, she has no choice but to murder him. Things take a bizarre turn when Barbara Arnold is charged with Durant's murder and Gina is selected to serve on the jury.

Cast

Marjorie Lord

as Gina Crane

Robert Shayne

as Floyd Durant

Pierre Watkin

as Clinton Crane

James Seay

as Mark Emery

Ruth Brady

as Barbara Arnold

Claire Whitney

as Edna Emmerson

Dorothy Granger

as Jeanette Woods

Mary Gordon

as Nora

Chester Clute

as Fred Marlow

Minerva Urecal

as Nellie Carter

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