The read
It runs a compact 1h 5m.
Synopsis
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Allen RivkinScreenplay
- John BrahmDirector
- Anthony VeillerScreenplay
- Karol RathausOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Maureen O'SullivanMary Roberts
- Henry Fonda"Brick" Tennant
- Ralph BellamyLieutenant Everett
- Alan BaxterJoe Linden
- Stanley RidgesDistrict Attorney
- Henry KolkerChief of Police
- George LynnJoe Taylor
- George DouglasEd Walsh
- Phillip TrentFrank Burke
- Martin SpellmanJimmy Dugan
- Ralph RemleyBill Henderson (uncredited)
- Arthur Stuart HullCrandall (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
death penaltyfalsely accusedcab driverfiancé fiancée relationshipcriminal gangjury trialmiscarriage of justice1930scriminal justice system