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Calorie Rating: 156
Released: 1948-02-13
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 111 Minutes
Studios: 20th Century Fox,


In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.

Director / Directors

Joseph E. Rickards
Assistant Director
Abe Steinberg
Assistant Director

Stanley K. Scheuer
Script Supervisor


Cast

James Stewart
Character: P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
Richard Conte
Character: Frank W. Wiecek
Lee J. Cobb
Character: Brian Kelly

Helen Walker
Character: Laura McNeal
Betty Garde
Character: Wanda Skutnik
Kasia Orzazewski
Character: Tillie Wiecek

Joanne De Bergh
Character: Helen Wiecek
Howard Smith
Character: K.L. Palmer
Moroni Olsen
Character: Parole Board Chairman

John McIntire
Character: Sam Faxon
Paul Harvey
Character: Martin J. Burns
Robert Adler
Character: Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

Truman Bradley
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Michael Chapin
Character: Frank Wiecek Jr. (uncredited)
James Dime
Character: Poker Player (uncredited)

Rex Downing
Character: Copy Boy (uncredited)
Ben Erway
Character: Photo Lab Technician (uncredited)
Helen Foster
Character: Secretary (uncredited)

Jonathan Hale
Character: Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
Percy Helton
Character: Mailman William Decker (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds
Character: Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited)

Charles Lane
Character: Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
E.G. Marshall
Character: Rayska (uncredited)
Addison Richards
Character: State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)

Lionel Stander
Character: Wiecek's Cellmate Corrigan (uncredited)
Otto Waldis
Character: Boris Siskovich (uncredited)
Wanda Perry
Character: Chicago Times Telophone Reporter (uncredited)

Richard Bishop
Character: Warden of Stateville Prison (uncredited)
Larry J. Blake
Character: Police Photographic Technician (uncredited)
John Bleifer
Character: Jan Gruska (uncredited)

Dollie Caillet
Character: Secretary (uncredited)
Al Capone
Character: Capone (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Cisar
Character: Policeman (uncredited)

Jane Crowley
Character: Anna Felczak (uncredited)
John Dillinger
Character: Dillinger (archive footage) (uncredited)
Abe Dinovitch
Character: Polish Man (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn
Character: Patrolman John W. Bundy (uncredited)
Lew Eckles
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Joseph Forte
Character: Parole Board Member (uncredited)

Stanley Gordon
Character: Prison Clerk (uncredited)
Walter Greaza
Character: Police Capt. Norris (uncredited)
Buck Harrington
Character: Bartender (uncredited)

Perry Ivins
Character: Illinois State Journal Technician (uncredited)
Robert Karnes
Character: Pete (uncredited)
Leonarde Keeler
Character: Leonarde Keeler (uncredited)

Cy Kendall
Character: Second Bartender (uncredited)
J.M. Kerrigan
Character: Sullivan - Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Carl Kroenke
Character: Guard (uncredited)

Paul Kruger
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Henry Kulky
Character: First Bartender (uncredited)
Philip Lord
Character: Policeman (uncredited)

Jack Mannick
Character: Polish man (uncredited)
Norman McKay
Character: Detective (uncredited)
George Melford
Character: Parole Board Member (uncredited)

Charles Miller
Character: Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Edward Peil Jr.
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
George Pembroke
Character: Policeman (uncredited)

Arthur Peterson
Character: Keeler's Polygraph Assistant (uncredited)
Joe Ploski
Character: Polish Man (uncredited)
William Post Jr.
Character: Sixth Precinct Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Thelma Ritter
Character: Captain's Secretary (uncredited)
Richard Rober
Character: Sgt. Larson (uncredited)
Dick Ryan
Character: Parole Board Member (uncredited)

Peter Seal
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe
Character: Illinois State Journal Technician (uncredited)
George Spaulding
Character: Man on Parole Board (uncredited)

Ray Spiker
Character: Barfly (uncredited)
Ann Staunton
Character: Chicago Times Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Freddie Steele
Character: Holdup Man (uncredited)

George Turner
Character: Holdup Man (uncredited)
George Tyne
Character: Tomek Zaleska (uncredited)
Bill Vendetta
Character: Chicago Times Photographer (uncredited)

Duke Watson
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Character: Illinois State Journal Technician


Production and Crew

Otto Lang
Producer

Jerome Cady
Screenplay
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer

Jay Dratler
Screenplay
Joseph MacDonald
Director of Photography

Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist

Mark-Lee Kirk
Art Direction
Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction

Kay Nelson
Costume Design
Jack McPhaul
Story Consultant
Myrtle Ford
Hairstylist

Dick Smith
Makeup Artist
Thomas Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Raymond A. Klune
Production Manager

Sam Wurtzel
Production Manager

Fred Sersen
Visual Effects
Til Gabani
Camera Operator

Jerry Milligan
Still Photographer
Paul Russell
Still Photographer
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Master

Sam Benson
Wardrobe Designer
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
Alfred Newman
Music Director

James P. McGuire
Technical Advisor