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
Ralph Bellamy
Lieutenant Everett
Byron Foulger
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Auto Show Salesman (uncredited)
Ann Doran
Secretary Juror (uncredited)
Maureen O'Sullivan
Mary Roberts
John Qualen
Dan (uncredited)
Alan Baxter
Joe Linden
Joe King
Inspector Cavanaugh (uncredited)
Tom London
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Captain (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Bank Cashier (uncredited)
Forrester Harvey
Death Row Inmate (uncredited)
Stanley Ridges
District Attorney
Henry Kolker
Chief of Police
Edward Hearn
Detective Carson (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
Trial Judge (uncredited)
Alec Craig
Bookkeeper Juror (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Cop (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Hardware Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Ray Walker
Drunken Reporter (uncredited)
Arthur Loft
Warden (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
Death Row Inmate (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Detective with First Cab Driver (uncredited)
Kit Guard
Death Row Inmate (uncredited)
Clarence Wilson
Lunchroom Proprietor (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.
Bank Cashier (uncredited)
George Lynn
Joe Taylor
Jack Rube Clifford
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Bob Walker
Cop (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
Theatre Watchman (uncredited)
William V. Mong
Joe Taylor Sr. (uncredited)
George Chesebro
Prison Visitor's Room Guard (uncredited)
Ethel Wales
Theatre Scrubwoman - Ella (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
Hijacked Motorist (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
Theatre Hold-Up Witness (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Death Row Guard (uncredited)
Dick Elliott
Rotarian Juror (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Unlucky Cop (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Hold-Up Witness - Janitor (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
Hold-Up Witness - Mose (uncredited)
Harry Bernard
Auto Show Watchman (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard
Man in Courtroom Corridor (uncredited)
Joseph Forte
Prison Doctor (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Detective (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
Taxi Cab Mechanic (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull
Crandall (uncredited)
Frank Yaconelli
Norman Cameron (uncredited)
Bud Geary
Cop at Line-up (uncredited)
Phil Dunham
Nervous Juror (uncredited)
Billy Lee
Boy in Window (uncredited)
Lillian West
District Attorney's Secretary (uncredited)
Harry Holman
Businessman Juror - J. B. (uncredited)
Eric Alden
Cop (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Warden's Attendant (uncredited)
Mary Foy
Theatre Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Phillip Trent
Frank Burke
Fay Holderness
Theatre Scrubwoman (uncredited)
James Blaine
Detective (uncredited)
William Royle
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Martin Spellman
Jimmy Dugan
Joe De Stefani
Dentist Juror (uncredited)
George Douglas
Ed Walsh
Sammy Blum
Chef (uncredited)
Marshall Ruth
Peter Roxbury (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
Desk Sergeant (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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