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Status
Released
Release
1961
Runtime
1h 57m
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A judge, a district attorney and a U.S. senator, each hoping to be elected the next governor, attempt to manipulate a murder trial to advance their own political ambitions.
27 Cast Members
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Judge Leland Hoffman
Angie Dickinson
Cathy Simon
Jack Kelly
Dan Callahan
Don Ameche
Senator Alex S. Simon
Ray Danton
Clem Marker
Herbert Marshall
Gov. Oliver P. Thornwall
Andra Martin
Laura Mayberry
Robert Colbert
Thomas J. Morely
Jesse White
Sgt. Michael Beers
Carroll O'Connor
Matt Kenan
Parley Baer
Charles Bosworth
Louise Lorimer
Mrs. Emma Jenson
Rhodes Reason
Walter Thornwall
Leoda Richards
Extra
Richard Davies
Bates
Art Lewis
Delegate
Charles Fredericks
Callahan Party Worker
Byron Keith
Frankie Kovac
Leonard Bremen
Earl Miller
Ronnie Dapo
Tommy Callahan
