A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with political ambitions, sees the crime as his ticket to the Senate if he can find the right victim to finger for the crime. He sets out to convict Robert Hale, a transplanted northerner who was Mary's teacher at the business school where she was killed. Despite the fact that all the evidence against Hale is circumstantial, Griffin works with a ruthless reporter to create a media frenzy of prejudice and hate against the teacher.
Cast
Claude Rains
District Attorney Andrew J. Griffin
Gloria Dickson
Sybil Hale
Edward Norris
Professor Robert Perry Hale
Otto Kruger
Michael Gleason
Allyn Joslyn
Bill Brock
Lana Turner
Mary Clay
Linda Perry
Imogene Mayfield
Elisha Cook Jr.
Joe Turner
Cy Kendall
Detective Laneart
Clinton Rosemond
Tump Redwine
E. Alyn Warren
Carlisle P. Buxton
Elisabeth Risdon
Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Clifford Soubier
Jim Timberlake
Granville Bates
Detective Pindar
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Mountford
Paul Everton
Governor Mountford
Donald Briggs
Harmon
Sibyl Harris
Mrs. Clay (as Sybil Harris)
Trevor Bardette
Shattuck Clay
Elliott Sullivan
Luther Clay
Wilmer Hines
Ransom Clay
Eddie Acuff
Drugstore Clerk
Frank Faylen
Reporter
Leonard Mudie
Judge Moore
Harry Davenport
Confederate Soldier
Harry Beresford
Confederate Soldier
Edward McWade
Confederate Soldier
Al Bridge
Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Dougherty - Publisher (uncredited)
Dick Rich
Cop Guarding Hale (uncredited)
Crew
Mervyn LeRoy
Director
Aben Kandel
Screenplay
Robert Rossen
Screenplay
Ward Greene
Novel
Thomas Richards
Editor
Arthur Edeson
Director of Photography
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
N'was McKenzie
Costume Design
Helen Turpin
Hairstylist
Al Bonner
Makeup Artist
Adolph Deutsch
Original Music Composer
Robert M. Haas
Art Direction
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