"An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story."
Rita Hayworth
as Josephine Brown / Jo Morris
Anthony Franciosa
as Victor Santini
Gig Young
as Larry Ellis
Mildred Dunnock
as Mrs. Ellis
Hugh Griffith
as Judge Edgar Neilsen
Sanford Meisner
as Phil Stanley
Robert Burton
as District Attorney Nordeau
Alfred Ryder
as Lt. Mike Morris
Katherine Squire
as Mrs. Hattie Brown
Raymond Greenleaf
as Judge Carey
Myrna Fahey
as Alice
Leo Penn
as Morrie Goetz
Sheridan Comerate
as Ofcr. Francis Morris
Jay Adler
as Lauber (uncredited)
Joe Besser
as Gallagher (uncredited)
Virginia Carroll
as Police Matron (uncredited)
Harry Carter
as Seth (Court Bailiff) (uncredited)
William Challee
as Lemke (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Bru Danger
as Cook (uncredited)
Biff Elliot
as Eddie Ritter (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Juror (uncredited)
Valerie French
as Liz (uncredited)
Leonard George
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Richard George
Tom Greenway
as Detective Captain Kelly (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Miranda Jones
as Miss Monroe (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Mike Lally
as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Richard LePore
as Calvin Lewis (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Mathew McCue
Joe McGuinn
as Lt. Morris (uncredited)
Theodore Newton
as Dr. Kemper (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
James O'Rear
as Hauser (uncredited)
Dan Riss
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
Art Salter
as Bartender (uncredited)
Carol Anne Seflinger
as Avis Morris (uncredited)
Jerry Sheldon
as Quiet Man in Bar (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Hugh S. Fowler
Editor
Clifford Odets
Director
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
James Wong Howe
Director of Photography
Jerry Wald
Producer
Writer
Doris Haines
Hairstylist
Joe Jackman
Camera Operator
Frederick McCoy
Makeup Artist
Harry M. Leonard
Sound
Louis Kaufman
Musician
Myrl Stoltz
Jack Richter
Grip
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
Howard Richmond
Art Direction
Anita Speer
Script Supervisor
Lyle R. Wheeler
Ben Nye
Harrold Weinberger
Assistant Director
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
G.W. Berntsen
Jack Gorton
Props
Alfred Bruzlin
Kenneth Lang
Gaffer
Bert Steiner
Dialogue Coach
Jack Gertsman