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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
Jonathan Hale
Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
Percy Helton
Mailman William Decker (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Detective (uncredited)
Paul Harvey
Martin J. Burns
Helen Foster
Secretary (uncredited)
Lionel Stander
Wiecek's Cellmate Corrigan (uncredited)
Al Capone
Capone (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arthur Peterson
Keeler's Polygraph Assistant (uncredited)
George Pembroke
Policeman (uncredited)
Betty Garde
Wanda Skutnik
Moroni Olsen
Parole Board Chairman
John Dillinger
Dillinger (archive footage) (uncredited)
Thelma Ritter
Captain's Secretary (uncredited)
J.M. Kerrigan
Sullivan - Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Ray Spiker
Barfly (uncredited)
George Turner
Holdup Man (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Illinois State Journal Technician
Edward Peil Jr.
Bartender (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
Second Bartender (uncredited)
Richard Rober
Sgt. Larson (uncredited)
Rex Downing
Copy Boy (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Patrolman John W. Bundy (uncredited)
Joseph Forte
Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Lee J. Cobb
Brian Kelly
Kasia Orzazewski
Tillie Wiecek
Robert Adler
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Henry Kulky
First Bartender (uncredited)
Jimmy Dime
Poker Player (uncredited)
Robert Karnes
Pete (uncredited)
Howard Smith
K.L. Palmer
James Stewart
P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
Helen Walker
Laura McNeal
John McIntire
Sam Faxon
Samuel S. Hinds
Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited)
George Cisar
Policeman (uncredited)
George Tyne
Tomek Zaleska (uncredited)
Wanda Perry
Chicago Times Telophone Reporter (uncredited)
Addison Richards
State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)
Walter Greaza
Police Capt. Norris (uncredited)
William Post Jr.
Sixth Precinct Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Joanne De Bergh
Helen Wiecek
Truman Bradley
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
George Melford
Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Larry J. Blake
Police Photographic Technician (uncredited)
Freddie Steele
Holdup Man (uncredited)
Michael Chapin
Frank Wiecek Jr. (uncredited)
John Bleifer
Jan Gruska (uncredited)
E.G. Marshall
Rayska (uncredited)
Richard Conte
Frank W. Wiecek
Charles Lane
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Otto Waldis
Boris Siskovich (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe
Illinois State Journal Technician (uncredited)