
Fury(1936)
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.

“Three Women Paying the Price for Loving Him! A Man About to Hang for "Murdering" Him!”
An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-year absence.

John Howard
David Hampton Jameson

Lucile Fairbanks
Jane Meadows Bishop

Ruth Ford
Beth Beebe

Elisabeth Risdon
Minerva Sunday

Marcella Martin
Daphne Turner

Roger Clark
Harland Walker

Paul Guilfoyle
Clyde Beebe

Clancy Cooper
Clem Beebe

Helen MacKellar
Ma Beebe

Kenneth MacDonald
Officer Fosse
The Man Who Returned to Life is a action, crime, drama film released in 1942 exploring themes of presumed dead. Directed by Lew Landers, it stars John Howard, Lucile Fairbanks, Ruth Ford. An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-year absence.
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