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It couldn't happen... but it did!
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- Drama
- Crime
Overview
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.
Keywords
- corruption
- based on true story
- chicago
- illinois
- police corruption
- newspaper reporter
- perjury
- justice
- wrongful conviction
- forgery
- murder case
- photographic evidence
- murdered cop
- classified ad
- state penitentiary
- enlarged picture
- monetary reward
- lying witness
- eye witness account
- chicago, illinois
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 13, 1948
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- German, English, Polish
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Cast
- James Stewart,Richard Conte,Lee J. Cobb,Helen Walker,Betty Garde,Kasia Orzazewski,Joanne De Bergh,Howard Smith,Moroni Olsen,John McIntireand 64 more
- Director
- Henry Hathaway
- Producer
- Otto Lang,Darryl F. Zanuck
- Cinematography
- Joseph MacDonald
- Music
- Alfred Newman
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0040202