Joe Manning — Crime Against Joe Character Profile

About Joe Manning

Korean War veteran falsely accused of murdering a nightclub singer in Tucson. His missing high school pin and a failed alibi draw police suspicion. He investigates a list of 1945 classmates to identify the real murderer.

Joe Manning — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

John Bromfield

Appears in

Crime Against Joe (1956)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (8)

• Joe Manning — Conflict False Accuser — Philip Rowen (Joel Ashley)

  Philip gives false testimony against Joe

• Joe Manning — Unknown Possible Suspect — George Niles (Rhodes Reason)

  High school classmate and potential murderer

• Joe Manning — Alliance Friend — Red Waller (Henry Calvin)

  Red appears to support Joe

• Joe Manning — Professional Suspect — Detective Sgt. Hollander (Robert Keys)

  Hollander investigates Joe for murder

• Joe Manning — Conflict False Accuser — Philip Rowen (Joel Ashley)

  Philip gives false testimony against Joe

• Joe Manning — Social Helper — Christine 'Christy' Rowen (Patricia Blair)

  Joe was helping sleepwalker Christine home

• Joe Manning — Romantic Love Interest — Frances 'Slacks' Bennett (Julie London)

  Slacks provides false alibi for Joe

• Joe Manning — Family Son — Nora Manning (Frances Morris)

  Mother-son relationship

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• Frances 'Slacks' Bennett (Julie London)
• Red Waller (Henry Calvin)
• Christine 'Christy' Rowen (Patricia Blair)
• Dr. Louis Tatreau, Psychiatrist (Mauritz Hugo)
• Philip Rowen (Joel Ashley)
• Gloria Wayne (Joyce Jameson)
• District Attorney Roy Kasden (Addison Richards)
• Luther Woods (Morgan Jones)
• High School Guard / Watchman (uncredited) (Boyd 'Red' Morgan)
• Detective Sgt. Hollander (Robert Keys)
• Ralph Corey (James Parnell)
• Irene Crescent (Alika Louis)