Movie

Trial (1955)

• NR
• October 7, 1955
• 1h 45m

• Drama

“Tense! Timely! Thrilling!”

Overview

A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A 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.

Director

Mark Robson

Writers

Don Mankiewicz

Starring

Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy