Watch Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy is a 1955 film noir picture. The story involves a man being blackmailed by his former criminal partner that was recently released from prison. His daughter and her boyfriend, who is also his lawyer, are completely unaware of the situation as the blackmailer applies more pressure. When the blackmailer is killed by the boyfriend of his cheating wife the police investigation leads back to the man being blackmailed. He admits that he has been paying off his former partner but denies the murder. This leads his daughter and the lawyer boyfriend to begin an investigation of the crime themselves.