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