Trial

Oct 7, 1955

1h 45m

★ 6.7

Tense! Timely! Thrilling!

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Trial Trailers

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Cast

David Blake

Glenn Ford

Abbe Nyle

Dorothy McGuire

Barney Castle

Arthur Kennedy

District Attorney John J. Armstrong

John Hodiak

Consuela Chavez

Katy Jurado

Angel Chavez

Rafael Campos

Judge Theodore Motley

Juano Hernández

A.A. "Fats" Sanders

Robert Middleton

Ralph Castillo

John Hoyt

Cap Grant

Paul Guilfoyle

Finn

Elisha Cook Jr.

Gail Wiltse

Ann Lee

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