They Won't Forget

Overview

A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with political ambitions, sees the crime as his ticket to the Senate if he can find the right victim to finger for the crime. He sets out to convict Robert Hale, a transplanted northerner who was Mary's teacher at the business school where she was killed. Despite the fact that all the evidence against Hale is circumstantial, Griffin works with a ruthless reporter to create a media frenzy of prejudice and hate against the teacher.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy

Top cast

Claude Rains

District Attorney Andrew J. Griffin

Gloria Dickson

Sybil Hale

Edward Norris

Professor Robert Perry Hale

Otto Kruger

Michael Gleason

Allyn Joslyn

Bill Brock

Lana Turner

Mary Clay

Linda Perry

Imogene Mayfield

Elisha Cook Jr.

Joe Turner

Cy Kendall

Detective Laneart

Clinton Rosemond

Tump Redwine

E. Alyn Warren

Carlisle P. Buxton

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)

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Clifford Soubier

Jim Timberlake

Granville Bates

Detective Pindar

Ann Shoemaker

Mrs. Mountford

Paul Everton

Governor Mountford

Donald Briggs

Harmon

Sibyl Harris

Mrs. Clay (as Sybil Harris)

Trevor Bardette

Shattuck Clay

Elliott Sullivan

Luther Clay

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