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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.
Dramanew york cityanti-communismlawyerracismlos angeles, californiacourtroomdefense attorneypost world war iimexican americanlynch mobrape accusationfundraising
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Cast
- Glenn FordDavid Blake
- Dorothy McGuireAbbe Nyle
- Arthur KennedyBarney Castle
- John HodiakDistrict Attorney John J. Armstrong
- Katy JuradoConsuela Chavez
- Rafael CamposAngel Chavez
- Juano HernándezJudge Theodore Motley
- Robert MiddletonA.A. "Fats" Sanders
- John HoytRalph Castillo
- Paul GuilfoyleCap Grant
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- Mark RobsonDirector
- Don MankiewiczWriter
- Don MankiewiczNovel
- Robert SurteesDirector of Photography
- Daniele AmfitheatrofOriginal Music Composer
- Albert AkstEditor
- Charles SchneeProducer
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