"Tense! Timely! Thrilling!" 07 October 1955 Drama 105 mins
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute problems facing the USA such as stormy race relations and the growing threat of local communism.
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Glenn Ford as David Blake
Dorothy McGuire as Abbe Nyle
Arthur Kennedy as Barney Castle
John Hodiak as District Attorney John J. Armstrong
Katy Jurado as Consuela Chavez
Rafael Campos as Angel Chavez
Juano Hernández as Judge Theodore Motley
Robert Middleton as A.A. "Fats" Sanders
John Hoyt as Ralph Castillo
Paul Guilfoyle as Cap Grant
Elisha Cook Jr. as Finn
Ann Lee as Gail Wiltse
Whit Bissell as Sam Wiltse
Richard Gaines as Dr. Johannes Schacter
Barry Kelley as Jim Brackett
Dorothy Green as Mrs. Mary Ackerman (uncredited)
Mark Robson Director
Charles Schnee Producer
Warren Newcombe Special Effects
William Tuttle Makeup Designer
Carl Nugent Props
Don Mankiewicz Writer
Randall Duell Art Direction
James E. Newcom Associate Producer
Albert Akst Editor
Sydney Guilaroff Hairstylist
Robert Surtees Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Daniele Amfitheatrof Original Music Composer
Fred M. MacLean Set Decoration
Robert Saunders Assistant Director
Wesley C. Miller Recording Supervision
United States 07 October 1955
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