

14/07/1937
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.

Claude Rains
as District Attorney Andrew J. Griffin

Gloria Dickson
as Sybil Hale

Edward Norris
as Professor Robert Perry Hale

Otto Kruger
as Michael Gleason

Allyn Joslyn
as Bill Brock

Lana Turner
as Mary Clay

Linda Perry
as Imogene Mayfield

Elisha Cook Jr.
as Joe Turner

Cy Kendall
as Detective Laneart

Clinton Rosemond
as Tump Redwine

E. Alyn Warren
as Carlisle P. Buxton

Elisabeth Risdon
as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)

Clifford Soubier
as Jim Timberlake

Granville Bates
as Detective Pindar

Ann Shoemaker
as Mrs. Mountford

Paul Everton
as Governor Mountford

Donald Briggs
as Harmon

Sibyl Harris
as Mrs. Clay (as Sybil Harris)

Trevor Bardette
as Shattuck Clay

Elliott Sullivan
as Luther Clay

Wilmer Hines
as Ransom Clay

Eddie Acuff
as Drugstore Clerk

Frank Faylen
as Reporter

Leonard Mudie
as Judge Moore

Harry Davenport
as Confederate Soldier

Harry Beresford
as Confederate Soldier

Edward McWade
as Confederate Soldier

Al Bridge
as Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)

Forbes Murray
as Dougherty - Publisher (uncredited)

Dick Rich
as Cop Guarding Hale (uncredited)
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