以五十年代美国恐共时期为背景的法庭戏,全片精彩的地方并非在法庭上的唇枪舌剑辩论,而是透过一宗冤狱所反映出来的盲目社会偏见。剧情描述一名墨西哥少年被控谋杀,经验不足的律师大卫布莱克代表他辩护,虽然证据显示少年是无辜的,但一群暴民却在法庭之外用私刑对付少年。本片最寻常的地方是用了一名黑人的首席法官,这在种族歧视依然严重的五十年代显得勇气可嘉,胡安洛．亨纳狄兹的演出亦精彩。此外,饰演阴谋家的阿瑟．肯尼迪(i),和饰演律师的格伦．福特都有张力十足的表现。是导演马克．罗布森早期的一部代表作。
表演
frank ferguson/kiley
rafael campos/angel chavez
richard gaines/dr. schacter
charlotte lawrence/mrs. eunice webson
grandon rhodes/prof. terry bliss
john maxwell/benedict
bob reeves/jury member
dorothy green/mrs. mary ackerman
david leonard/county clerk
charles tannen/bailiff
vince townsend/dr. abraham tenfold
wilson wood/airline boarding checker
小伊莱沙·库克/finn
robert bice/abbott
mike lally/courtroom officer
凯蒂·乔拉杜/consuela chávez
阿瑟·肯尼迪/barney castle
whit bissell/sam wiltse
桃乐茜·麦姬尔/abbe nyle
robert stevenson/reporter
格伦·福特/david blake
michael dugan/pine
james todd/reverend
percy helton/youval
ann lee/gail wiltse
frank cady/canford
john rosser/assistant district attorney
sheb wooley/butteridge
mitchell lewis/jury foreman
everett glass/george
约翰·霍伊特/ralph castillo
barry kelley/jim brackett
frank mills/courtroom extra
juano hernandez/judge theodore motley
mort mills/reporter
约翰·霍迪亚克/dist. atty. john j. armstrong
rodney bell/lew bardman
paul guilfoyle/cap grant
罗伯特·米德莱顿/a.a. 'fats' sanders
richard tyler/johnson
charles evans/lawyer #1
harry wilson/courtroom extra
frank wilcox/lawyer #2
角色
a.a. 'fats' sanders
abbe nyle
abbott
airline boarding checker
angel chavez
assistant district attorney
bailiff
barney castle
benedict
butteridge
canford
cap grant
consuela chávez
county clerk
courtroom extra
courtroom officer
david blake
dist. atty. john j. armstrong
dr. abraham tenfold
dr. schacter
finn
gail wiltse
george
jim brackett
johnson
judge theodore motley
jury foreman
jury member
kiley
lawyer
lew bardman
mrs. eunice webson
mrs. mary ackerman
pine
prof. terry bliss
ralph castillo
reporter
reverend
sam wiltse
youval
