"A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax."
Michael O'Shea
as Joe Reynolds
Lloyd Nolan
as Sam Lord
Trudy Marshall
as Agnes Hannon
Billy Cummings
as Pat Reynolds
Ruth Ford
as Mrs. Simms
Reed Hadley
as Prosecutor
Roy Roberts
as Marty Hannon
Scotty Beckett
as Freddy Hanlon
Byron Foulger
as Bolger
Dorothy Adams
as Bolger's wife
John Eldredge
as Judge White
Eddie Marr
as Mike Mulvey
Selmer Jackson
as Warden
William B. Davidson
as Board of Appeals Chairman
John Hamilton
as Gov. Hanlon
Ben Welden
as Kenny
Ralph Dunn
as Cleary, the Cop
Ray Teal
as Policeman
Thomas E. Jackson
as Detective
Eric Alden
as Guard
Brandon Beach
as Juror (uncredited)
Edward Biby
as Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
Charles Cane
as Andrews
Ken Christy
John Davidson
as Lawyer
Marvin Davis
as Fatso
Lester Dorr
as Prisoner
Eddie Dunn
Edward Earle
as Doctor
James Flavin
Sam Flint
as Prison Board Member
William Frambes
as Pete
Sherry Hall
as Court Clerk
Eddie Hart
Ted Jordan
Nolan Leary
as Undertaker
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Jury Foreman
Hugh Maguire
as Red
Harry McKim
as Murray White
George Melford
Philip Morris
Jimmy O'Gatty
Frank Penny
as Undertaker's Assistant
Lee Phelps
as Cop
Mel Shubert
Lee Shumway
Harry Strang
as Prison Guard
Leon Tyler
as Lefty
Emmett Vogan
as Bridge Player
Max Wagner
as Truck Driver
Lynn Whitney
as Kate Lord
Ruth Clifford
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
James Conaty
Kay Connors
as Secretary (uncredited)
Dale Cornell
as Boy (uncredited)
Lynn Craft
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Lester Hoyle
Kay Garrett
Michael Jeffers
King Lockwood
Robert Locke Lorraine
as Reporter (uncredited)
Jerry Mickelsen
as Willie (uncredited)
Paul Power
Bob Reeves
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Edward Rickard
Eddie Small
Samuel Ornitz
Adaptation
Harry Jackson
Director of Photography
Norman Colbert
Editor
David Buttolph
Original Music Composer
Sam Duncan
Story
Robert F. Metzler
Writer
Nat Ferber
John Larkin
Director
William Girard
Producer
Fred J. Rode
Set Decoration
David Raksin
Orchestrator
William Eckhardt
Assistant Director
Emil Newman
Music Director
George Leverett
Sound Technical Supervisor
Yvonne Wood
Costume Designer
Thomas Little
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Maurice De Packh
Richard Irvine
