Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
Apology for Murder
TITLE DETAILS

Apology for Murder

1945-09-27 · 67 min · ★ 4.9

Crime

Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman's young wife, a reporter is seduced into conspiring to murder him so she can inherit his estate, while pinning the murder on another businessman.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Sam Newfield
Production companies
Sigmund Neufeld Productions, PRC
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Hugh BeaumontHugh BeaumontKenny Blake
Ann SavageAnn SavageToni Kirkland
Charles D. BrownCharles D. BrownWard McGee
Russell HicksRussell HicksHarvey Kirkland
Pierre WatkinPierre WatkinCraig Jordan
Budd BusterBudd BusterJed
Norman WillisNorman WillisAllen Webb
Elizabeth ValentineElizabeth ValentineMrs. Harper
George SherwoodLieutenant Edwards
Sarah PaddenSarah PaddenMaggie
Eva NovakEva NovakMaid
Wheaton ChambersWheaton ChambersMinister
Arch Hall Sr.Arch Hall Sr.Paul (as Archie Hall)
Henry HallHenry HallWarden
Jack PerrinJack PerrinReporter (Uncredited)

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Streaming

Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads

Rental

Amazon Video

Purchase

Amazon Video

View authorized watch options on TMDb

Recommendations

Framed
★ 6.5
Framed1947Crime

Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.

The File on Thelma Jordon
★ 6.6
The File on Thelma Jordon1949Crime

Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.

Double Indemnity
★ 8.1
Double Indemnity1944Crime

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

Absence of Malice
★ 6.6
Absence of Malice1981Crime

Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.

Focus
★ 6.9
Focus2015Crime

Nicky, an accomplished con artist, gets romantically involved with his disciple Jess but later ends their relationship. Years later, she returns as a femme fatale to spoil his plans.

Palmetto
★ 6.0
Palmetto1998Crime

After being released from prison on a bum charge, Harry Barber is out for payback to regain his lost two years. He's hired by Mrs. Malroux to fake the kidnapping of her stepdaughter (the daughter of a dying millionaire). He discovers that he is being set up on multiple levels and will soon face a longer sentence if he doesn't prove the truth.

The Postman Always Rings Twice
★ 7.1
The Postman Always Rings Twice1946Crime

A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.

Sea of Love
★ 6.6
Sea of Love1989Crime

Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.

The Last Seduction
★ 6.7
The Last Seduction1994Crime

A devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.

Crime of Passion
★ 6.1
Crime of Passion1956Crime

Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.

His Girl Friday
★ 7.4
His Girl Friday1940Crime

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

The Dark Corner
★ 6.6
The Dark Corner1946Crime

Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.

Pitfall
★ 6.9
Pitfall1948Crime

An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.

Too Late for Tears
★ 6.8
Too Late for Tears1949Crime

Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.

The Mask of Dimitrios
★ 7.1
The Mask of Dimitrios1944Crime

A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.

House by the River
★ 6.8
House by the River1950Crime

Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Long jealous of his brother John, Stephen does his best to pin the blame for the murder on his sibling. Also affected by Stephen's arrogant dementia is his long-suffering wife Marjorie.

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
★ 6.8
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt1956Crime

A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.

52 Pick-Up
★ 6.1
52 Pick-Up1986Crime

Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a videotape of him with his young mistress and demand $100,000. Fearing that the story will hurt his wife's political campaign if he goes to the police, Harry pretends that he will pay the men, but does not follow through.

Sudden Fear
★ 7.2
Sudden Fear1952Crime

Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic leading man. On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to prove Myra wrong...by romancing her. Is he sincere, or does he have a dark ulterior motive?

The Postman Always Rings Twice
★ 6.5
The Postman Always Rings Twice1981Crime

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.

Similar titles

A Caribbean Mystery
★ 6.2
A Caribbean Mystery1983Crime

While Miss Marple is on vacation in a luxurious Caribbean resort, a fellow guest confides he has evidence that another resident of the hotel is an unscrupulous serial murderer but is poisoned before he can reveal his identity to her.

Murder by Death
★ 7.1
Murder by Death1976Crime

Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.

Cain's Shadow
★ 6.0
Cain's Shadow2016Crime

November 5th, 2025. Western metropolis. Young inspector Abel is grappling with the umpteenth disappearance: Angela, a 9-year-old girl, of whom there has been no news for two days.

The Pledge
★ 6.6
The Pledge2001Crime

A police chief, about to retire, pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer.

Witness for the Prosecution
★ 6.6
Witness for the Prosecution1982Crime

An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.

Family Plot
★ 6.8
Family Plot1976Crime

Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

A Hard Day
★ 7.1
A Hard Day2014Crime

After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.

Alibi
★ 8.0
Alibi1931Crime

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.

Kiss of Death
★ 5.7
Kiss of Death1995Crime

Jimmy Kilmartin's an ex-con who's trying to go straight. But he can't say no to a quick driving job because his so-called friend's life is threatened. The job is for Little Junior Brown, a violent and powerful villain. When things go wrong, Jimmy is left to do the time, and his whole life is turned upside-down, but if that wasn't enough, the cops won't leave Jimmy alone when he gets out... They want Little Junior Brown.

Murder in Three Acts
★ 6.0
Murder in Three Acts1986Crime

In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.

Murder on the Orient Express
★ 6.0
Murder on the Orient Express2001Crime

Agatha Christie's classic whodunit speeds into the twenty-first century. World-famous sleuth Hercule Poirot has just finished a case in Istanbul and is returning home to London onboard the luxurious Orient Express. But, the train comes to a sudden halt when a rock slide blocks the tracks ahead. And all the thrills of riding the famous train come to a halt when a man discovered dead in his compartment, stabbed nine times. The train is stranded. No one has gotten on or gotten off. That can only mean one thing: the killer is onboard, and it is up to Hercule Poirot to find him.

The Getaway
★ 7.2
The Getaway1972Crime

A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.

Jar City
★ 5.9
Jar City2006Crime

A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.

The Rachels
★ 5.9
The Rachels2017Crime

After a popular teen falls to her death, her best friend basks in the glow of the social media attention, while their rival seeks to avenge the past and uncover the truth behind the mysterious death.

The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations
★ 5.5
The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations2009Crime

The story revolves around a man trying to uncover the mysterious death of his girlfriend and save an innocent man from the death chamber in the process, by using his unique power to time travel. However in attempting to do this, he also frees a spiteful serial-killer.

The Blue Dahlia
★ 6.7
The Blue Dahlia1946Crime

Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.

The Square
★ 6.1
The Square2008Crime

Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.

White Heat
★ 7.7
White Heat1949Crime

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.

A Brighter Summer Day
★ 8.2
A Brighter Summer Day1991Crime

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

Ittefaq
★ 6.8
Ittefaq2017Crime

Police officer Dev investigates a double murder case that has only two witnesses - an acclaimed writer Vikram and a young homemaker Maya, who also happen to be the prime suspects in the case. He finds himself being torn between their own version's of what happened on the fateful night, and takes it upon himself to figure out the real story and capture the real murderer.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.