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It couldn't happen... but it did!
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal to look into the case. For some time, McNeal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
Director Henry Hathaway
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Cast
Rex Downing
Copy Boy (uncredited)
William Post Jr.
Sixth Precinct Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Betty Garde
Wanda Skutnik
Joanne De Bergh
Helen Wiecek
Moroni Olsen
Parole Board Chairman
Robert Adler
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Jimmy Dime
Poker Player (uncredited)
Walter Greaza
Police Capt. Norris (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Detective (uncredited)
Larry J. Blake
Police Photographic Technician (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Patrolman John W. Bundy (uncredited)
J.M. Kerrigan
Sullivan - Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Kasia Orzazewski
Tillie Wiecek
Lee J. Cobb
Brian Kelly
John Bleifer
Jan Gruska (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
Second Bartender (uncredited)
Richard Rober
Sgt. Larson (uncredited)
Howard Smith
K.L. Palmer
John McIntire
Sam Faxon
Michael Chapin
Frank Wiecek Jr. (uncredited)
Helen Foster
Secretary (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds
Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Illinois State Journal Technician
Charles Lane
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Truman Bradley
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Addison Richards
State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)
George Cisar
Policeman (uncredited)
Ray Spiker
Barfly (uncredited)
George Turner
Holdup Man (uncredited)
George Pembroke
Policeman (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
Percy Helton
Mailman William Decker (uncredited)
Wanda Perry
Chicago Times Telophone Reporter (uncredited)
John Dillinger
Dillinger (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Karnes
Pete (uncredited)
Henry Kulky
First Bartender (uncredited)
Lionel Stander
Wiecek's Cellmate Corrigan (uncredited)
Otto Waldis
Boris Siskovich (uncredited)
Al Capone
Capone (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Forte
Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe
Illinois State Journal Technician (uncredited)
George Tyne
Tomek Zaleska (uncredited)
Richard Conte
Frank W. Wiecek
Helen Walker
Laura McNeal
E.G. Marshall
Rayska (uncredited)
George Melford
Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Freddie Steele
Holdup Man (uncredited)
Edward Peil Jr.
Bartender (uncredited)
James Stewart
P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
Paul Harvey
Martin J. Burns
Arthur Peterson
Keeler's Polygraph Assistant (uncredited)
Thelma Ritter
Captain's Secretary (uncredited)