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
Edward G. Robinson
Romania
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Nina Foch
Netherlands
Best movies:
Prescription: Murder (1968) (TV movie)
Spartacus (1960)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Hugh Marlowe
USA
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Night and the City (1950)
Jayne Mansfield
USA
Best movies:
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
Illegal (1955)
Albert Dekker
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Beau Geste (1939)
Howard St. John
USA
Best movies:
One, Two, Three (1961)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Lover Come Back (1961)
Ellen Corby
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Vertigo (1958)
Sabrina (1954)
DeForest Kelley
USA
Best movies:
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Lawrence Dobkin
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Dee Carroll
USA
Best movies:
Airport (1970)
The Wrong Man (1956)
The Split (1968)
Edward Platt
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Jan Merlin
USA
Best movies:
Take the Money and Run (1969)
Illegal (1955)
Hell Bent for Leather (1960)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Addison Richards
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Robert Ellenstein
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Bert Stevens
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Herb Vigran
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Fugitive Kind (1960)
Flying High! (1980)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
Donald Kerr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)