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