"A young lawyer defends a drifter accused of a murder that he has already confessed to. He asks his mentor, a retired, legendary lawyer for help."
Richard Chamberlain
as David Mitchell
Nick Adams
as Ben Brown
Claude Rains
as Art Harper
Joan Blackman
as Susan Harper
James Gregory
as Norris Bixby
Joey Heatherton
as Laura Mae Brown
Pat Buttram
as Cole Clinton
Jeanette Nolan
as Amy Clinton
Edgar Stehli
as Judge James Tucker
James Bell
as Charles Crispin
George Mitchell
as District Attorney Paul Farish
Don 'Red' Barry
as Judson Elliot
Bert Freed
as Sheriff Buck Wheeler
Robin Raymond
as Tess Braden
June Dayton
as Vera Driscoll
Arch Johnson
as Mac McWade
Linda Evans
as Alice Clinton
Leon Alton
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Don Anderson
Lee Anthony
as Clinton's Son (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Henry Beckman
as Man Stirring Up Crowd (uncredited)
John Breen
Dick Cherney
as Townsman (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Gene Coogan
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Dick Crockett
as Bartender (uncredited)
Rupert Crosse
as Jailer's Assistant (uncredited)
Bobby Gilbert
Chuck Hamilton
as Juror (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Jimmie Horan
Clark Howat
as Reporter (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Jerry Schumacher
Henry Denker
Screenplay
Boris Sagal
Director
Al Shenberg
Assistant Director
Al Dewlen
Novel
Hugh S. Fowler
Editor
Bernie Hurlen
Sound Recordist
Philip H. Lathrop
Director of Photography
Richard Lang
Second Assistant Director
Hugh Hunt
Set Decoration
Agnes Flanagan
Hairstylist
John Truwe
Makeup Artist
Henry Grace
William Tuttle
Makeup Supervisor
Jules Nayfack
Assistant Editor
Paul Groesse
Art Direction
Gordon Cornell Layne
Associate Producer
Johnny Green
Original Music Composer
Robert Schultz
Props
Franklin Milton
Recording Supervision
Gil Perkins
Stunts
Mary Keats
George Seaton
Producer
Ron Berkeley
Larry Hadsell
Boom Operator
Sylvia Posner
Wardrobe Master
Betty A. Griffin
Script Supervisor
Cliff King
First Assistant Camera
Joe Jackman
Camera Operator
William Perlberg
George W. Davis
Donald Roberts
Larry Jost
Sound Mixer