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