Trial
Trial
Release: 1955-10-07
·Runtime: 105m
·★ 6.8
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
John Hodiak
as District Attorney John J. Armstrong
John Hoyt
as Ralph Castillo
Paul Guilfoyle
as Cap Grant
Frank Cady
as Canford (uncredited)
Katy Jurado
as Consuela Chavez
Juano Hernández
as Judge Theodore Motley
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Finn
Barry Kelley
as Jim Brackett
Dorothy Green
as Mrs. Mary Ackerman (uncredited)
Rafael Campos
as Angel Chavez
Robert Middleton
as A.A. "Fats" Sanders
Dorothy McGuire
as Abbe Nyle
Arthur Kennedy
as Barney Castle
Whit Bissell
as Sam Wiltse
Richard Gaines
as Dr. Johannes Schacter
Percy Helton
as Youval (uncredited)
Glenn Ford
as David Blake
