Crime Drama Thriller
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.
Directed by
John Brahm
Henry Fonda
"Brick" Tennant
Ann Doran
Secretary Juror (uncredited)
Ralph Bellamy
Lieutenant Everett
Charles Lane
Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)
Maureen O'Sullivan
Mary Roberts
John Qualen
Dan (uncredited)
Tom London
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Detective Carson (uncredited)
Henry Kolker
Chief of Police
Alan Baxter
Joe Linden
Dick Elliott
Rotarian Juror (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
Death Row Inmate (uncredited)
Eric Alden
Cop (uncredited)
Forrester Harvey
Death Row Inmate (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Unlucky Cop (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
Hold-Up Witness - Mose (uncredited)
Ray Walker
Drunken Reporter (uncredited)
Joseph Forte
Prison Doctor (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Detective with First Cab Driver (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
Trial Judge (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Bank Cashier (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Death Row Guard (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
Bob Walker
Cop (uncredited)
George Lynn
Joe Taylor
George Chesebro
Prison Visitor's Room Guard (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Hold-Up Witness - Janitor (uncredited)
William V. Mong
Joe Taylor Sr. (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Cop (uncredited)
William Royle
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Frank Yaconelli
Norman Cameron (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
Hijacked Motorist (uncredited)
Clarence Wilson
Lunchroom Proprietor (uncredited)
Mary Foy
Theatre Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Lillian West
District Attorney's Secretary (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Captain (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Hardware Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
George Douglas
Ed Walsh
Lee Shumway
Warden's Attendant (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
Taxi Cab Mechanic (uncredited)
Stanley Ridges
District Attorney
Billy Wayne
Theatre Hold-Up Witness (uncredited)
Ethel Wales
Theatre Scrubwoman - Ella (uncredited)
Joe King
Inspector Cavanaugh (uncredited)
Harry Bernard
Auto Show Watchman (uncredited)
Joe De Stefani
Dentist Juror (uncredited)
Phil Dunham
Nervous Juror (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull
Crandall (uncredited)
Arthur Loft
Warden (uncredited)
Sammy Blum
Chef (uncredited)
Alec Craig
Bookkeeper Juror (uncredited)
Harry Holman
Businessman Juror - J. B. (uncredited)
Bud Geary
Cop at Line-up (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Detective (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard
Man in Courtroom Corridor (uncredited)
Kit Guard
Death Row Inmate (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.
Bank Cashier (uncredited)
James Blaine
Detective (uncredited)
Fay Holderness
Theatre Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Phillip Trent
Frank Burke
Herbert Heywood
Theatre Watchman (uncredited)
Billy Lee
Boy in Window (uncredited)
Martin Spellman
Jimmy Dugan
Kernan Cripps
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Marshall Ruth
Peter Roxbury (uncredited)
Ralph Remley
Bill Henderson (uncredited)
Herbert Ashley
Sam (uncredited)
Wright Kramer
Appeals Judge (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Bailiff (uncredited)
Tom Mahoney
Bailiff (uncredited)
Bruce Mitchell
Cop (uncredited)
Dick Rush
Cop (uncredited)
Lee Prather
Cop (uncredited)
Mike Donovan
Cop (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy
Death Row Guard (uncredited)
George Taylor
Death Row Inmate (uncredited)
Carl Faulkner
Detective (uncredited)
Dick Jensen
Detective (uncredited)
Philip Morris
Detective (uncredited)
Ted Oliver
Detective (uncredited)
Frank Fanning
Detective Brown (uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
Detective Dietz (uncredited)
Brady Kline
Detective Hennessey (uncredited)
Harry Hollingsworth
Detective Stone (uncredited)
Sharon Lewis
Buyer Juror (uncredited)
Harry A. Bailey
Drug Clerk Juror (uncredited)
Al Herman
Garage Attendant Juror (uncredited)
Jessie Perry
Head of PTA Juror (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
Mother Juror (uncredited)
Gus Reed
Man Asking J. B. (uncredited)
Chuck Colean
Movie Projectionist (uncredited)
Ted Thompson
New York Hotel Assistant Manager (uncredited)
Norman Ainsley
New York Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Earl Askam
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Bess Wade
Theatre Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Beatrice Curtis
Waitress (uncredited)

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