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Release Date:
1 February 1948 (USA) moreTagline:
Reporter Uncovers New Clues In Wiecek Case moreAwards:
1 win & 2 nominations moreUser Comments:
reporter sets out to prove a convicted man is innocent more (51 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast)| James Stewart | ... | P.J. 'Jim' McNeal | |
| Richard Conte | ... | Frank W. Wiecek | |
| Lee J. Cobb | ... | Brian Kelly | |
| Helen Walker | ... | Laura McNeal | |
| Betty Garde | ... | Wanda Skutnik | |
| Kasia Orzazewski | ... | Tillie Wiecek | |
| Joanne De Bergh | ... | Helen Wiecek (as Joanne de Bergh) | |
| Howard Smith | ... | K.L. Palmer | |
| Moroni Olsen | ... | Parole Board Chairman | |
| John McIntire | ... | Sam Faxon | |
| Paul Harvey | ... | Martin J. Burns |
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111 minCountry:
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Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Certification:
Norway:A (1948) | UK:U | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #12397) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario)Fun Stuff
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Thelma Ritter's role as the police captain's secretary was mostly deleted from the released print, but she can still briefly be seen and heard in one scene in which she tells James Stewart the captain will see him in his office. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Various characters refer to the murdered police officer as John W. Bundy, but the police record of the case shows his name as W.W. Bundy. moreQuotes:
P.J. McNeal: You look nice. Will you marry me?Laura McNeal: I did.
P.J. McNeal: Oh yeah, yeah, that's right... Thanks.
Laura McNeal: You're welcome.
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An eyewitness to a cop killing sends a man to the pen for 99 years. Eleven years later the convict's mother offers 5 thousand dollars to anyone proving her son is not guilty. A newspaperman looks into the case and becomes obsessed with gathering information which he is convinced will exonerate the convicted man. Tense, dramatic look at the seedy side of life.