Directed by:
Henry HathawayCast:
Gary Cooper, George Raft, Frances Dee, Henry Wilcoxon, Harry Carey, Olympe Bradna, Robert Cummings, Porter Hall, George Zucco, Virginia Weidler (more)Plots(1)
Based on the true story of the William Brown murders, this courtroom potboiler set in 1842 Philadelphia tells the story of Nuggin' Taylor who is tried and convicted for mass murder at sea before evidence arrives that the Queen of England enlisted him to sabotage the slave trade. While gathering evidence at sea, a fire claims the ship he is on and despite his heroic efforts to save the passengers, the slavers place the blame on him. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Crauford Kent](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/219/161219225_949d00.jpg)
Crauford Kent
UK
Best movies:
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Lee Shumway
USA
Best movies:
The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
I Married a Witch (1942)
Dorothy Vernon
German Empire
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Monster (1925)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
![Clyde Cook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/272/161272407_79bc90.jpg)
Clyde Cook
Australia
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
G. Pat Collins
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
White Heat (1949)
![Colin Tapley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/620/161620641_fab50b.jpg)
Colin Tapley
New Zealand
Best movies:
If I Were King (1938)
The Dam Busters (1955)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Eddie Borden
USA
Best movies:
The Red Pony (1949)
Monkey Business (1931)
The Flying Deuces (1939)
Constantine Romanoff
German Empire
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Kid Brother (1927)
Blue Washington
USA
Best movies:
Beggars of Life (1928)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
King Kong (1933)
Phillips Smalley
USA
Best movies:
Sunrise (1927)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Francis Sayles
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
David Clyde
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
George MacQuarrie
USA
Best movies:
King Kong (1933)
Desire (1936)
The Crusades (1935)
Davison Clark
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Les Misérables (1934) (series)
Love Is News (1937)
![Rollo Lloyd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/723/162723245_0d6587.jpg)
Rollo Lloyd
USA
Best movies:
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
History Is Made at Night (1937)
Mad Love (1935)
Grayce Hampton
UK
Best movies:
Caged (1950)
Harvey (1950)
Silver River (1948)
![Gilbert Emery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/579/160579952_811d07.jpg)
Gilbert Emery
USA
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Juarez (1939)
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Baby Peggy
USA
Best movies:
Souls at Sea (1937)