Trial
Tense! Timely! Thrilling!
19551h 45mNo ratings yet
- Drama
Overview
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.
Keywords
- los angeles
- california
- new york city
- racism
- lawyer
- courtroom
- defense attorney
- mexican american
- post world war ii
- rape accusation
- fundraising
- race relations
- heart condition
- anti-communism
- lynch mob
- juvenile crime
- apprentice lawyer
- racial hatred
- mexican boy
- communist movement
- los angeles, california
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 7, 1955
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cast
- Juano Hernández,Robert Middleton,Frank Cady,Barry Kelley,Arthur Kennedy,Ann Lee,John Hoyt,Dorothy McGuire,Elisha Cook Jr.,Paul Guilfoyleand 9 more
- Director
- Mark Robson
- Writer
- Don Mankiewicz
- Producer
- Charles Schnee
- Cinematography
- Robert Surtees
- Music
- Daniele Amfitheatrof
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0048748