
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.

as Steven Mathews

as Connie Stewart

as John Thompson

as Bright Boy Schultz

as Slim Tolliver

as MacAndrews

as Nick Trotti

as Tip Fuller

as Clyde Beasley

as Jerry Daley

as M.L. Carter

as John Barkley

as Kwong

as Joe Donahue

as Mike Brannigan

as Warden Lawton

as Macy

as Prison Chaplain

as Detective Mitchell

as Mr. Armitage (uncredited)

as Policeman Passenger (uncredited)

as Airport Porter (uncredited)

as Plainclothesman with Rifle (uncredited)

as Agitated Citizen in Mob (uncredited)

as Worker Throwing Stone (uncredited)

as Hit-and-Run Victim (uncredited)

as Charlie Gaunt (uncredited)

as Police Lab Technician (uncredited)

as Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)

as Dr. Hedges (uncredited)

as Guard in Visitor's Room (uncredited)

as Police Officer Johnson (uncredited)

as Reporter (uncredited)

as Police Driver (uncredited)

as Blake's Associate (uncredited)

as Convict (uncredited)

as Reporter (uncredited)

as District Attorney Knight (uncredited)

as Governor's Secretary (uncredited)

as Ed Stanley (uncredited)

as Agitated Citizen at Shoeshine Stand (uncredited)

as Judge (uncredited)

as Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)

as Prison Lab Technician (uncredited)

as Death-Row Captain Harris (uncredited)

as Prison Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited)

as Guard Escorting Kwong to Gallows (uncredited)

as Convict Making Noise with Cup (uncredited)

as Black Convict (uncredited)

as Man in District Attorney's Office (uncredited)

as Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)

as Defense Attorney (uncredited)

as Plainclothesman Finding Gun (uncredited)

as Convict (uncredited)

as Prison Lieutenant (uncredited)

as Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)

as Travel Bureau Customer (uncredited)

as The Governor (uncredited)

as Martin Blake (uncredited)