Woman In Brown aka The Vicious Circle (1948)
PUBLIC DOMAIN MOVIE
Directed by: W. Lee Wilder
In Hungary, a rich baron discovers that there are extensive oil deposits underneath nearby properties owned by villagers. He manages to convince all the property owners to sell to him, except for a few properties owned by Jewish families. Infuriated at their refusal to sell to him, he attempts, with the help of some corrupt local police, to have the men charged with the murder of a local woman, who in reality actually committed suicide.
http://www.publicdomainflicks.com/0145-woman-in-brown/
Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040941/
Wikipedia Summary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vicious_Circle_%281948_film%29
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wonderful! a real mid-atlantic drama, all this mittel-europa angst filmed in hollywood. notice how almost all the women are hysterical. tough times.