Sealed Verdict is a 1948 American mystery drama war film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Ray Milland, Florence Marly and starring Broderick Crawford. The film was based on the novel The Sealed Verdict by Lionel Shapiro. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Extensive location shooting took place in Strasbourg, which had been occupied by the Germans from 1940 to 1944.
Maj. Robert Lawson (Ray Milland), a lawyer working in Germany as part of the American Army's tribunal for prosecuting Nazi war criminals, successfully convicts Gen. Otto Steigmann (John Hoyt) of war crimes. Defense witness Themis DeLisle (Florence Marly), whose French Resistance father's life was saved by Steigmann, insists the German officer is innocent. Despite pressure from his superiors, Lawson decides to reopen his investigation, uncovering evidence that may clear Steigmann.
Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote: "Within the dark and gloomy area of occupied GermanyâÂÂor, at least, within that area as imagined in HollywoodâÂÂthe romantic people at Paramount have discovered a little light. That light is the fitful flicker of a singular, purifying love, and it is revealed in a film called Sealed Verdict, which came to the Paramount Theatre yesterday."