In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Richard Wright
as Bigger Thomas
Jean Wallace
as Mary Dalton
Gloria Madison
as Bessie Mears
Nicholas Joy
as Henry Dalton
Willa Pearl Curtis
as Mrs. Hannah Thomas
Ruth Robert
as Helen Dalton
Charles Cane
as Det. Britten
George D. Green
as Panama
George Rigaud
as Ralph Farley
Gene Michael
as Jan Herlone
Cecile Lezard
as Peggy
