The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
50 audience votes
Key crew
- Lewis AllenDirector
- W.R. BurnettScreenplay
- James R. WebbScreenplay
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Edward G. RobinsonVictor Scott
- Nina FochEllen Miles
- Hugh MarloweRay Borden
- Jayne MansfieldAngel O'Hara
- Albert DekkerFrank Garland
- Howard St. JohnE.A. Smith
- Ellen CorbyMiss Hinkel
- Edward PlattRalph Ford
- Jan MerlinAndy Garth
- Robert EllensteinJoe Knight
- Jay AdlerJoseph Carter
- Henry KulkyTaylor
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Themes
courtgangsterself-defensebased on play or musicalcrooked lawyerfilm noircapital punishmentdistrict attorneygoontrial lawyercourtroom dramainnocent man