1955
6.7 (15 votes)
1h 45m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Trial
Tense! Timely! Thrilling!
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Mark Robson
Producer: Charles Schnee
Writer: Don Mankiewicz
Director of Photography: Robert Surtees
Top Cast
Glenn Ford
David Blake
Dorothy McGuire
Abbe Nyle
Arthur Kennedy
Barney Castle
John Hodiak
District Attorney John J. Armstrong
Katy Jurado
Consuela Chavez
Rafael Campos
Angel Chavez
Juano Hernández
Judge Theodore Motley
Robert Middleton
A.A. "Fats" Sanders
