In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
Spencer Tracy
as Dan Haywood
Richard Widmark
as Tad Lawson
Maximilian Schell
as Hans Rolfe
Burt Lancaster
as Ernst Janning
Marlene Dietrich
as Mrs. Bertholt
Judy Garland
as Irene Hoffman Wallner
Montgomery Clift
as Rudolph Petersen
William Shatner
as Harrison Byers
Werner Klemperer
as Emil Hahn
Kenneth MacKenna
as Kenneth Norris
Torben Meyer
as Werner Lampe
Joseph Bernard
as Abe Radnitz
