Top billed cast

1. 

   James Stewart

   P.J. 'Jim' McNeal

2. 

   Richard Conte

   Frank W. Wiecek

3. 

   Lee J. Cobb

   Brian Kelly

4. 

   Helen Walker

   Laura McNeal

5. 

   Betty Garde

   Wanda Skutnik

6. 

   Kasia Orzazewski

   Tillie Wiecek

7. 

   Joanne De Bergh

   Helen Wiecek

8. 

   Howard Smith

   K.L. Palmer

9. 

   Moroni Olsen

   Parole Board Chairman

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-09

James Stewart and Lee J. Cobb are both on top form in this crime thriller. The latter, the boss who sends the former, one of his better reporters, to investigate the case of convicted murderer "Frank Wiecek" (Richard Conte) after his mother puts an ad in a newspaper offering $5000 for information that might cast doubt on the voracity of the verdict. Initially sceptical, "McNeal", soon begins to suspect that perhaps the conviction - based solely on the testament of a long lost witness "Wanda Skutnik" - might be flawed. Now, he has to deal with understandable hostility from the Chicago PD as wel...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• chicago, illinois
• photographic evidence
• based on true story
• police corruption
• justice
• newspaper reporter
• wrongful conviction
• perjury
• classified ad
• murdered cop
• state penitentiary
• murder case
• enlarged picture
• monetary reward
• lying witness
• eye witness account