Directed by:
Henry LevinCinematography:
Burnett GuffeyComposer:
George DuningCast:
John Derek, Lee J. Cobb, Jody Lawrance, Henry O'Neill, Raymond Greenleaf, Whit Bissell, Jean Willes, Amanda Blake, Dorothy Tree, Percy Helton, Carl Benton Reid (more)Plots(1)
A lawyer must make the most difficult decision of his life in this crime drama that begins when the attorney's son inadvertently kills his best friend. No one was around to see what happened and only his family is the wiser. But the death creates a rift in the family. His father wants him to confess while his mother begs him to stay quiet. Eventually she prevails and the father promises to keep the secret. Then he finds himself appointed to defend the innocent man accused of the killing. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
John Derek
USA
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Lee J. Cobb
USA
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Jody Lawrance
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Henry O'Neill
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Raymond Greenleaf
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Whit Bissell
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Jean Willes
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Amanda Blake
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Dorothy Tree
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Percy Helton
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Carl Benton Reid
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Harold Miller
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Joseph Crehan
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Robert B. Williams
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Onslow Stevens
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Peggy Converse
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Chuck Hamilton
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Joe Ploski
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Bill Walker
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Emmett Vogan
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