A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with political ambitions, sees the crime as his ticket to the Senate if he can find the right victim to finger for the crime. He sets out to convict Robert Hale, a transplanted northerner who was Mary's teacher at the business school where she was killed. Despite the fact that all the evidence against Hale is circumstantial, Griffin works with a ruthless reporter to create a media frenzy of prejudice and hate against the teacher.
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Claude Rains as District Attorney Andrew J. Griffin
Gloria Dickson as Sybil Hale
Edward Norris as Professor Robert Perry Hale
Otto Kruger as Michael Gleason
Allyn Joslyn as Bill Brock
Lana Turner as Mary Clay
Linda Perry as Imogene Mayfield
Elisha Cook Jr. as Joe Turner
Cy Kendall as Detective Laneart
Clinton Rosemond as Tump Redwine
E. Alyn Warren as Carlisle P. Buxton
Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Clifford Soubier as Jim Timberlake
Granville Bates as Detective Pindar
Ann Shoemaker as Mrs. Mountford
Paul Everton as Governor Mountford
Donald Briggs as Harmon
Sibyl Harris as Mrs. Clay (as Sybil Harris)
Trevor Bardette as Shattuck Clay
Elliott Sullivan as Luther Clay
Wilmer Hines as Ransom Clay
Eddie Acuff as Drugstore Clerk
Frank Faylen as Reporter
Leonard Mudie as Judge Moore
Harry Davenport as Confederate Soldier
Harry Beresford as Confederate Soldier
Edward McWade as Confederate Soldier
Al Bridge as Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
Forbes Murray as Dougherty - Publisher (uncredited)
Dick Rich as Cop Guarding Hale (uncredited)
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