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.
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
John Hoyt
Ralph Castillo
Paul Guilfoyle
Cap Grant
Elisha Cook Jr.
Finn
Ann Lee
Gail Wiltse
Whit Bissell
Sam Wiltse
Richard Gaines
Dr. Johannes Schacter
Barry Kelley
Jim Brackett
Dorothy Green
Mrs. Mary Ackerman (uncredited)
Frank Cady
Canford (uncredited)
Percy Helton
Youval (uncredited)
Robert Stevenson
Reporter (uncredited)
Crew
Mark Robson
Director
Don Mankiewicz
Writer, Novel
Albert Akst
Editor
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Robert Saunders
Assistant Director
Charles Schnee
Producer
James E. Newcom
Associate Producer
Ted Voigtlander
Assistant Camera
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
William Tuttle
Makeup Designer
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Original Music Composer, Music Director
Fred M. MacLean
Set Decoration
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Carl Nugent
Props
Wesley C. Miller
Recording Supervision
Randall Duell
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
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