Based on the real-life lawsuit of journalist Quentin Reynolds against columnist Westbrook Pegler, portraying the courtroom battle where Reynolds sues Pegler for calling him a communist; stars Van Heflin as the lawyer and Jose Ferrer as the bigoted columnist, dramatizing how they slowly trap the writer in his own lies, ultimately leading to a win for Reynolds and highlighting McCarthy-era politics, with the story adapted from Louis Nizer's book My Life in Court.
Charles Jarrott
Director
Henry Denker
Writer
Louis Nizer
Writer
Van Heflin
Robert Sloane
Angie Dickinson
Anita Corcoran
E.G. Marshall
Paul Cleary
Lloyd Bridges
Dennis Corcoran
George Grizzard
Alston
Rosemary Murphy
Claire
Anthony Quayle
Colonel Douglas
José Ferrer
Boyd Bendix
John Beal
Coles
Winged Creatures58%
Monster63%
Girl in the Box67%
The Rainmaker70%
Disgrace62%
Plunder Road70%
American Murderer59%
The Asphalt Jungle74%
God Is a Bullet61%
The Unforgivable74%
The Devil's Double66%
The Kill Team64%
Won't Back Down61%
Educazione siberiana68%
Gigi & Nate76%
Cass59%
TalhotBlond63%
Mansfield Park61%
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage66%
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors68%
