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Trial is a 1955 American drama film starring Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy and Juano Hernandez, and directed by Mark Robson.
Trial: Directed by Mark Robson. With Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy, John Hodiak. 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.
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- Drama
- Mark Robson
- 1955-10-07
Back in California, a disillusioned David is furious with Abbe for not warning him about Barney's political leanings and, to make matters worse, his presence at the New York rally catches the attention of the zealous Senator Battle, chairman of the State Un-American Activities Committee.
- Mark Robson, Robert Saunders
- Glenn Ford
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When Mexican-American Angel Chavez (Rafael Campos) is arrested for murder on weak evidence, David Blake (Glenn Ford) agrees to defend him to gain the courtroom experience necessary for law school...
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- Mark Robson
- Drama
- Glenn Ford
In director Mark Robson's and MGM's courtroom crime drama with themes of bigotry, hypocrisy and political extremism - it was adapted from screenwriter Don Mankiewicz's own 1955 novel of the same name (that was also published by Harper's); it told about a controversial trial held after an Hispanic boy was arrested for the death of a Caucasian ...
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The story of a murder trial where a Mexican boy is accused of the death of a Caucasian girl. The two-faced attorney (Arthur Kennedy) who takes the boy's case is only interested in defending him so he can exploit his Communist-backed organization for their own underhanded purposes.
