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Trial

Trial
★ 6.9/10•1955•1h 45m•NR•Drama

Tense! Timely! Thrilling!

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.

Mark Robson · Director

Don Mankiewicz · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 45m
LanguageEN
Release DateOct 7, 1955

Actors

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

John Hoyt

John Hoyt

Ralph Castillo

Paul Guilfoyle

Paul Guilfoyle

Cap Grant

Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

Finn

Ann Lee

Gail Wiltse

Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell

Sam Wiltse

Richard Gaines

Richard Gaines

Dr. Johannes Schacter

Barry Kelley

Barry Kelley

Jim Brackett

Dorothy Green

Dorothy Green

Mrs. Mary Ackerman (uncredited)

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