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A love more powerful than any law that man could make!
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.Read moreLess
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
The story
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
Cast & crew
Maureen O'SullivanMary Roberts
Henry Fonda"Brick" Tennant
Ralph BellamyLieutenant Everett
Alan BaxterJoe Linden
Stanley RidgesDistrict Attorney
Henry KolkerChief of Police
George LynnJoe Taylor
George DouglasEd Walsh
Phillip TrentFrank Burke
Martin SpellmanJimmy Dugan
Arthur Stuart HullCrandall (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Screenplay
- Anthony Veiller
- Editor
- Al Clark
- Director
- John Brahm
- Director of Photography
- Lucien Ballard
- Producer
- William Perlberg
- Screenplay
- Allen Rivkin
- Original Music Composer
- Karol Rathaus