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Trial

Tense! Timely! Thrilling!

6.919551h 45mNR
Drama

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.

Directed by Mark Robson

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Cast

Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford

David Blake

Dorothy McGuire

Dorothy McGuire

Abbe Nyle

Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Barney Castle

John Hodiak

John Hodiak

District Attorney John J. Armstrong

Katy Jurado

Katy Jurado

Consuela Chavez

Rafael Campos

Rafael Campos

Angel Chavez

Juano Hernández

Juano Hernández

Judge Theodore Motley

Robert Middleton

Robert Middleton

A.A. "Fats" Sanders

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