Romance at a murder trial with a pair of sequestered jurors who are the only ones who think that the woman in the dock is innocent. Separated from their normal lives, jurors Terry Scott and David Campbell start to fall in love.
Acting
Ginger Rogers' razor-sharp timing and wounded warmth
Writing
Wit that cuts like a switchblade in gloves
Costume
Mid-century courtroom glam that slaps
Director
Bretaigne Windust
Ginger Rogers
Terry Scott
Dennis Morgan
David Campbell
Thelma Ritter
Lena Fassler
Margalo Gillmore
Isobel Bradford
Anthony Ross
Bob Fisher
Howard Freeman
Arthur Timkin
Alan Reed
Harry Patullo
Paul Ford
Judge Byron
Harry Bellaver
Court Bailiff
George Chandler
Lester Hubley
Charles Meredith
Lyle Pettijohn
Marjorie Bennett
Mrs. Moore
Edith Evanson
Mary Travers
Sumner Getchell
John Simon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Hollywood's communist witch-hunt era, the film's theme of compromised integrity in closed rooms hit differently.
Director Bretaigne Windust was primarily a Broadway director; this was his penultimate film before returning to theater full-time.
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