Drama Mystery
A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with political ambitions, sees the crime as his ticket to the Senate if he can find the right victim to finger for the crime. He sets out to convict Robert Hale, a transplanted northerner who was Mary's teacher at the business school where she was killed. Despite the fact that all the evidence against Hale is circumstantial, Griffin works with a ruthless reporter to create a media frenzy of prejudice and hate against the teacher.
Directed by
Mervyn LeRoy
Edward Norris
Professor Robert Perry Hale
E. Alyn Warren
Carlisle P. Buxton
Paul Everton
Governor Mountford
Elisha Cook Jr.
Joe Turner
Claude Rains
District Attorney Andrew J. Griffin
Lana Turner
Mary Clay
Elisabeth Risdon
Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Frank Faylen
Reporter
Allyn Joslyn
Bill Brock
Dick Rich
Cop Guarding Hale (uncredited)
Trevor Bardette
Shattuck Clay
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Mountford
Otto Kruger
Michael Gleason
Forbes Murray
Dougherty - Publisher (uncredited)
Harry Davenport
Confederate Soldier
Leonard Mudie
Judge Moore
Al Bridge
Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
Detective Laneart
Gloria Dickson
Sybil Hale
Granville Bates
Detective Pindar
Edward McWade
Confederate Soldier
Donald Briggs
Harmon
Eddie Acuff
Drugstore Clerk
Harry Beresford
Confederate Soldier
Elliott Sullivan
Luther Clay
Sibyl Harris
Mrs. Clay (as Sybil Harris)
Clinton Rosemond
Tump Redwine
Linda Perry
Imogene Mayfield
Clifford Soubier
Jim Timberlake
Wilmer Hines
Ransom Clay

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