The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)

In the bustling heart of 1913 Atlanta, a city pulsing with promise and peril, the brutal murder of a 13-year-old factory girl, Mary Phagan, casts a chilling shadow. The factory's manager, a Northern Jewish man named Leo Frank, finds himself ensnared in the web of suspicion, his faith and outsider status marking him as an easy target for a community baying for justice. As the public's desire for revenge fans the flames of hatred, Frank is swiftly convicted and sentenced to hang. Yet his fate catches the eye of Georgia Governor John Slaton, a man balancing on the precarious tightrope of ambition and conscience. Slaton begins to suspect that Frank may be the unfortunate victim of a justice system derailed by prejudice and public pressure. Torn between his political aspirations and his nagging doubts about Frank's guilt, Slaton grapples with the potential implications of questioning the verdict. Will he risk his career to challenge the powerful tide of public opinion, or will he let an innocent man pay the ultimate price? "The Murder of Mary Phagan" is a gripping tale of a city on the brink, where truth teeters on the edge of a knife, and one man's destiny hangs in the balance. This is not just a story of crime and punishment, but a haunting examination of the dangerous intersection of fear, prejudice, and the thirst for vengeance.

The Murder of Mary Phagan is a crime movie featuring Jack Lemmon.

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