When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
Maureen O'Sullivan
as Mary Roberts
Henry Fonda
as "Brick" Tennant
Ralph Bellamy
as Lieutenant Everett
Alan Baxter
as Joe Linden
Stanley Ridges
as District Attorney
Henry Kolker
as Chief of Police
George Lynn
as Joe Taylor
George Douglas
as Ed Walsh
Phillip Trent
as Frank Burke
Martin Spellman
as Jimmy Dugan
Ralph Remley
as Bill Henderson (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull
as Crandall (uncredited)
