Based on A.J.Cronin's 'Beyond This Place', this movie narrates the story of an untiring crusade for justice. A young man, learning about his father's wrongful implication in a fifteen-year-old murder, vows to bring the true criminals to justice and release his innocent father from 'kaala paani' (life imprisonment), for which he enlists the help of a press reporter, a retired police inspector and an unwitting prostitute who happens to possess some key evidence.
Dev Anand
as Karan Mehra
Madhubala
as Asha
Nalini Jaywant
as Kishori
Agha
as Badru
Nazir Hussain
as Inspector Mehta
Kishore Sahu
as Rai Bahadur Jaswant Rai
D.K. Sapru
as Diwan Sardalilal
Mukri
as Madhosh Miyan
Mumtaz Begum
as Mrs. Mehta
M.A. Latif
as Shankarlal Mehta
Krishan Dhawan
as Jumman
Jankidas Mehra
as Daulatchand
