"A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she moves into a boardinghouse near the prison whose residents are the wives of inmates."
Linda Darnell
as Nancy Johnson
Edgar Buchanan
as Judge Michael T. Mallory
Michael Duane
as Tom Adams
Sara Allgood
as Mrs. Maria Barton
Glenda Farrell
as Billie LaRue
Leslie Brooks
as Gwen
Doris Dudley
as Winnie
Margaret Hamilton
as Dora
Sheldon Leonard
as Monk LaRue
Rosemary DeCamp
as Mrs. Slade
Lloyd Bridges
as Coast Guard Helmsman (uncredited)
Don DeFore
as Mr. Peters (uncredited)
Tom Dugan
as Convict Pete (uncredited)
Constance Worth
as Elsie
Joseph Crehan
as Father Burns
Oscar O'Shea
as Joseph Barton
Clyde Fillmore
as Senator Malloy
Jack Carr
as Bartender
Sidney Salkow
Director
David Raksin
Music
W.L. River
Screenplay
Philip Tannura
Director of Photography
Lionel Banks
Art Direction
Al Clark
Editor
Lambert E. Day
Sound Engineer
Samuel Bronston
Executive Producer
B.P. Schulberg
Producer
Budd Schulberg
Story
Martin Berkeley