Overview
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute problems facing the USA such as stormy race relations and the growing threat of local communism.
Cast
- Glenn Ford as David Blake
- Dorothy McGuire as Abbe Nyle
- Arthur Kennedy as Barney Castle
- John Hodiak as District Attorney John J. Armstrong
- Katy Jurado as Consuela Chavez
- Rafael Campos as Angel Chavez
- Juano Hernández as Judge Theodore Motley
- Robert Middleton as A.A. "Fats" Sanders
- John Hoyt as Ralph Castillo
- Paul Guilfoyle as Cap Grant