They Won't Forget (1937)

  • NR
  • 07/14/1937 (US)
  • Drama, Mystery
  • 1h 35m

...EXPLOSIVE HATE DRAMA OF THE FURY OF A LYNCH-MAD MOB!! ...A STORY YOU'LL NEVER 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.

Ward Greene

Novel

Mervyn LeRoy

Director

Robert Rossen

Screenplay

Aben Kandel

Screenplay

Cast

Claude Rains's headshot

Claude Rains

District Attorney Andrew J. Griffin
Gloria Dickson's headshot

Gloria Dickson

Sybil Hale
Edward Norris's headshot

Edward Norris

Professor Robert Perry Hale
Otto Kruger's headshot

Otto Kruger

Michael Gleason
Allyn Joslyn's headshot

Allyn Joslyn

Bill Brock
Lana Turner's headshot

Lana Turner

Mary Clay
Linda Perry's headshot

Linda Perry

Imogene Mayfield
Elisha Cook Jr.'s headshot

Elisha Cook Jr.

Joe Turner

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