In Chicago in 1932, during Prohibition, a policeman is murdered inside a speakeasy. Frank Wiecek (Richard Conte) and another man are quickly arrested, and in November 1933 are convicted and sentenced to serve 99 years imprisonment each for the killing.
Eleven years later, Wiecek's mother (Kasia Orzazewski) puts a classified ad in the Chicago Times, offering a $5,000 reward for information about the true killers of the police officer. This leads the paper's city editor, Brian Kelly (Lee J. Cobb), to assign reporter P.J. McNeal (James Stewart) to look more closely into the case. McNeal is skeptical at first, believing Wiecek to be guilty. But he starts to change his mind, and meets increased resistance from the police and the state attorney's office, who are unwilling to be proved wrong. This is quickly followed by political pressure from the state capital, where politicians are anxious to end a story that might prove embarrassing to the administration.・・・・・・・・
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James Stewart as P.J. McNeal ジェームズ・ステュアート Richard Conte as Frank Wiecek リチャード・コンテ Lee J. Cobb as Brian Kelly リー・J・コッブ Helen Walker as Laura McNeal ヘレン・ウォーカー Betty Garde as Wanda Skutnik ベティ・ガルデ Kasia Orzazewski as Tillie Wiecek Joanne De Bergh as Helen Wiecek ジョアン・デ・バーグ Michael Chapin as Frank Wiecek Jr. マイケル・チェイピン Howard Smith as K.L. Palmer ハワード・スミス
Today’s Doodle celebrates the 120th birthday of Ainu translator, Yukie Chiri and was illustrated by guest artist Yumi Koizumi. The Ainu are an1 Indigenous group of people that live in the northern regions of Japan. When they were forced to 2relocate and assimilate into Japanese culture during the early 1900s, Chiri created an anthology of Ainu epic tales, called yukar, to ensure their stories and culture were properly preserved. Chiri was born on this day in 1903 in Noboribetsu City, Hokkaido during a time when the Ainu people were being forced to adopt traditional Japanese values. As a girl, she was sent to live with her aunt in Asahikawa and learned both Japanese and Ainu. She was a gifted student and excelled in language arts.
1 先住の 2 移住させる 3 同化させる
When she was a teenager, Chiri met a Japanese linguist named Kyōsuke Kindaiachi who was working to record Ainu 4folklore and traditions. She decided to dedicate the rest of her life to 5transcribing and translating yukar and eventually created an anthology, Ainu Shinyōshū (or A Collection of the Ainu Epics of the Gods). This was an especially difficult task since yukar are oral works meant to be chanted. Because of Chiri’s work, many readers started to respect the Ainu culture. Today, many still reference Chiri’s anthology as the primary reputable source for Ainu traditions and culture.Happy birthday Yukie Chiri!