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
E. Alyn Warren
Carlisle P. Buxton
Edward Norris
Professor Robert Perry Hale
Claude Rains
District Attorney Andrew J. Griffin
Paul Everton
Governor Mountford
Elisha Cook Jr.
Joe Turner
Lana Turner
Mary Clay
Frank Faylen
Reporter
Trevor Bardette
Shattuck Clay
Otto Kruger
Michael Gleason
Edward McWade
Confederate Soldier
Elliott Sullivan
Luther Clay
Allyn Joslyn
Bill Brock
Dick Rich
Cop Guarding Hale (uncredited)
Harry Davenport
Confederate Soldier
Elisabeth Risdon
Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Mountford
Forbes Murray
Dougherty - Publisher (uncredited)
Al Bridge
Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
Judge Moore
Gloria Dickson
Sybil Hale
Donald Briggs
Harmon
Cy Kendall
Detective Laneart
Harry Beresford
Confederate Soldier
Granville Bates
Detective Pindar
Linda Perry
Imogene Mayfield
Eddie Acuff
Drugstore Clerk
Sibyl Harris
Mrs. Clay (as Sybil Harris)
Clinton Rosemond
Tump Redwine
Clifford Soubier
Jim Timberlake
Wilmer Hines
Ransom Clay

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