A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.
Dana Andrews
as Tom Garrett
Joan Fontaine
as Susan Spencer
Sidney Blackmer
as Austin Spencer
Arthur Franz
as Bob Hale
Philip Bourneuf
as Roy Thompson
Edward Binns
as Lt. Kennedy
Shepperd Strudwick
as Jonathan Wilson
Robin Raymond
as Terry Larue
Barbara Nichols
as Dolly Moore
William F. Leicester
as Charlie Miller
Dan Seymour
as Greco
Rusty Lane
as Judge
