Crime Drama
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
Directed by
Henry Hathaway
Written by
James P. McGuire
James Stewart
P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
John McIntire
Sam Faxon
Lester Sharpe
Illinois State Journal Technician (uncredited)
Larry J. Blake
Police Photographic Technician (uncredited)
Arthur Peterson
Keeler's Polygraph Assistant (uncredited)
Howard Smith
K.L. Palmer
E.G. Marshall
Rayska (uncredited)
Freddie Steele
Holdup Man (uncredited)
James Dime
Poker Player (uncredited)
Lee J. Cobb
Brian Kelly
Thelma Ritter
Captain's Secretary (uncredited)
Percy Helton
Mailman William Decker (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Illinois State Journal Technician
Richard Conte
Frank W. Wiecek
Lionel Stander
Wiecek's Cellmate Corrigan (uncredited)
Robert Karnes
Pete (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
Second Bartender (uncredited)
Addison Richards
State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)
Ray Spiker
Barfly (uncredited)
George Pembroke
Policeman (uncredited)
Paul Harvey
Martin J. Burns
J.M. Kerrigan
Sullivan - Court Bailiff (uncredited)
George Cisar
Policeman (uncredited)
Moroni Olsen
Parole Board Chairman
Al Capone
Capone (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Turner
Holdup Man (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Detective (uncredited)
Helen Walker
Laura McNeal
Jonathan Hale
Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds
Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited)
Robert Adler
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Betty Garde
Wanda Skutnik
Eddie Dunn
Patrolman John W. Bundy (uncredited)
Joseph Forte
Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Truman Bradley
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Rex Downing
Copy Boy (uncredited)
Otto Waldis
Boris Siskovich (uncredited)
John Bleifer
Jan Gruska (uncredited)
Edward Peil Jr.
Bartender (uncredited)
Michael Chapin
Frank Wiecek Jr. (uncredited)
Helen Foster
Secretary (uncredited)
Richard Rober
Sgt. Larson (uncredited)
William Post Jr.
Sixth Precinct Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
John Dillinger
Dillinger (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kasia Orzazewski
Tillie Wiecek
Joanne De Bergh
Helen Wiecek
Wanda Perry
Chicago Times Telophone Reporter (uncredited)
Walter Greaza
Police Capt. Norris (uncredited)
Ben Erway
Photo Lab Technician (uncredited)
Richard Bishop
Warden of Stateville Prison (uncredited)
Dollie Caillet
Secretary (uncredited)
Jane Crowley
Anna Felczak (uncredited)
Abe Dinovitch
Polish Man (uncredited)
Lew Eckles
Policeman (uncredited)
Stanley Gordon
Prison Clerk (uncredited)
Buck Harrington
Bartender (uncredited)
Perry Ivins
Illinois State Journal Technician (uncredited)
Leonarde Keeler
Leonarde Keeler (uncredited)
Carl Kroenke
Guard (uncredited)
Henry Kulky
First Bartender (uncredited)
Philip Lord
Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Mannick
Polish man (uncredited)
Norman McKay
Detective (uncredited)
Charles Miller
Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Joe Ploski
Polish Man (uncredited)
Dick Ryan
Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Peter Seal
Minor Role (uncredited)
George Spaulding
Man on Parole Board (uncredited)
Ann Staunton
Chicago Times Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Bill Vendetta
Chicago Times Photographer (uncredited)
Duke Watson
Policeman (uncredited)
Jack McPhaul
Til Gabani

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