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Glenn Ford stars as a lawyer battling to save his young Mexican client from both a lynch-mob and communist rabble rouser Kennedy. A taut political court-room drama, which tackles both racism and social injustice.

Keywords:

Drama, Based-on-Novel, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1955) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Glenn Ford	.... David Blake
Dorothy McGuire	.... Abbe Nyle
Arthur Kennedy	.... Barney Castle
John Hodiak	.... Dist. Atty. John J. Armstrong
Katy Jurado	.... Consuela Chávez
Rafael Campos	.... Angel Chavez

Supporting Cast:

Juano Hernandez	.... Judge Theodore Motley
Robert Middleton	.... A.A. 'Fats' Sanders
John Hoyt	.... Ralph Castillo
Paul Guilfoyle	.... Cap Grant
Elisha Cook Jr.	.... Finn
Ann Lee	.... Gail Wiltse
Whit Bissell	.... Sam Wiltse
Richard Gaines	.... Dr. Schacter
Barry Kelley	.... Jim Brackett

Directors:

Mark Robson

Writers:

Don Mankiewicz