"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."
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
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Finn
Ann Lee
as Gail Wiltse
Whit Bissell
as Sam Wiltse
Richard Gaines
as Dr. Johannes Schacter
Barry Kelley
as Jim Brackett
Dorothy Green
as Mrs. Mary Ackerman (uncredited)
Frank Cady
as Canford (uncredited)
Percy Helton
as Youval (uncredited)
Mark Robson
Director
Charles Schnee
Producer
Don Mankiewicz
Novel
Writer
James E. Newcom
Associate Producer
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Original Music Composer
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Albert Akst
Editor
Randall Duell
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Fred M. MacLean
Set Decoration
Edwin B. Willis
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
William Tuttle
Makeup Designer
Robert Saunders
Assistant Director
Carl Nugent
Props
Wesley C. Miller
Recording Supervision
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Ted Voigtlander
Assistant Camera
Music Director