David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in World War II.
Cast
James Stewart
Marsh Williams
Jean Hagen
Maggie Williams
Wendell Corey
Capt. H.T. Peoples
Carl Benton Reid
Claude Williams
Paul Stewart
'Dutch' Kruger
Otto Hulett
Mobley
Rhys Williams
Redwick Karson
Herbert Heyes
Lionel Daniels
James Arness
Leon Williams
Porter Hall
Sam Markley
Fay Roope
District Attorney
Ralph Dumke
Andrew White
Leif Erickson
Feder
Henry Corden
Bill Stockton
Howard Petrie
Sheriff
Stuart Randall
Tom Vennar
Dan Riss
Jesse Rimmer
Robert Hyatt
David Williams (as Bobby Hyatt)
Marlene Lyden
Mary Eloise Williams (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley
Unknown
Frank Richards
Truex
Crew
Richard Thorpe
Director
Art Cohn
Screenplay, Story
Newell P. Kimlin
Editor
William C. Mellor
Cinematography
Al Jennings
Assistant Director
Armand Deutsch
Producer
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
William Tuttle
Makeup Designer
John Truwe
Makeup Artist
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Conrad Salinger
Music
Ralph S. Hurst
Set Decoration
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Eddie Imazu
Art Direction
