Incident at a Corner (1960)

Director
Alfred Hitchcock

Main cast
Vera Miles; George Peppard; Paul Hartman; Bob Sweeney; Leora Dana

Genres


Description
A small town is devastated by gossip when a school crossing guard is unjustly accused of being a pedophile.


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