An innocent man is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, but as he's about to be hanged he accidentally kills his executioner. He now faces a new trial, presided over by a young and inexperienced judge.
George Maharis
as Ben Lewis
Earl Holliman
as Brian Talbot
Laura Devon
as Rosemary Berquist
Katy Jurado
as Eulalia Lewis
Gene Hackman
as Harmsworth
Arthur O'Connell
as Judge Hockstadter
Sidney Blackmer
as Col. Oates
John Anderson
as Dietrich
Whit Bissell
as Bruce Donnelly
Kent Smith
as Oliver Parmalee
Paul Birch
as Governor
Emilio Fernández
as Ignacio
