Directed by:
Lewis AllenCinematography:
J. Peverell MarleyComposer:
Max SteinerCast:
Edward G. Robinson, Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe, Jayne Mansfield, Albert Dekker, Howard St. John, Ellen Corby, DeForest Kelley, Lawrence Dobkin, Dee Carroll (more)Plots(1)
D.A. Ambitious D.A. Victor Scott zealously prosecutes Ed Clary for a woman's murder. But as Clary walks "the last mile" to the electric chair, Scott receives evidence that exonerates the condemned man. Realizing that he's made a terrible mistake he tries to stop the execution but is too late. Humbled by his grievous misjudgement, Scott resigns as a prosecutor. Entering private practice, he employs the same cunning that made his reputation and draws the attention of mob kingpin, Frank Garland. The mobster succeeds in bribing Scott into representing one of his stooges on a murder rap and Scott, in a grand display of courtroom theatrics, wins the case. But soon Scott finds himself embroiled in dirty mob politics. The situation becomes intolerable when his former protege in the D.A.'s office is charged with a murder that seems to implicate her as an informant to the Garland mob. Can Victor defend the woman he secretly loves and also keep his life? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Frank Mills
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Fury (1936)
John Breen
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Dick Johnstone
UK
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
![Arthur Tovey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/376/159376088_84a67d.jpg)
Arthur Tovey
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Back to the Future (1985)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
![Max Wagner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/381/159381932_f062f5.jpg)
Max Wagner
Mexico
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
![Fred Kelsey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/440/159440935_32eef6.jpg)
Fred Kelsey
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Storm Warning (1951)
Love Is News (1937)
![John Beradino](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619245_ddd525.jpg)
John Beradino
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
East of Eden (1955)
Marty (1955)
Waclaw Rekwart
Poland
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Hal Taggart
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Chet Brandenburg
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
White Heat (1949)
![Ted Stanhope](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/894/159894228_20a693.gif)
Ted Stanhope
USA
Best movies:
The Big Heat (1953)
High Noon (1952)
Three Little Words (1950)
![Franklyn Farnum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948620_a1d5f2.jpg)
Franklyn Farnum
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Leon Alton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/927/159927642_3867f4.jpg)
Leon Alton
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
![Paul Bradley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/927/159927716_c127bf.jpg)
Paul Bradley
USA
Best movies:
Giant (1956)
Gilda (1946)
Pretty Woman (1990)
![Jonathan Hole](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/927/159927864_40335f.jpg)
Jonathan Hole
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Split (1968)
![Chris Alcaide](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/933/159933758_62fed6.jpg)
Chris Alcaide
USA
Best movies:
The Big Heat (1953)
Illegal (1955)
Duel on the Mississippi (1955)
![Phil Arnold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/936/159936031_659e0d.jpg)
Phil Arnold
USA
Best movies:
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
The Big Heat (1953)
Lover Come Back (1961)
![Cosmo Sardo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/937/159937729_e3cbea.jpg)
Cosmo Sardo
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
North by Northwest (1959)
James Conaty
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
John Cliff
USA
Best movies:
Fort Dobbs (1958)
The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)