They Won't Forget

They Won't Forget

95 mins | Drama, Mystery | July 14, 1937

A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with political ambitions, sees the crime as his ticket to the Senate if he can find the right victim to finger for the crime. He sets out to convict Robert Hale, a transplanted northerner who was Mary's teacher at the business school where she was killed. Despite the fact that all the evidence against Hale is circumstantial, Griffin works with a ruthless reporter to create a media frenzy of prejudice and hate against the teacher.

They Won't Forget

95 mins | Drama, Mystery | July 14, 1937

They Won't Forget
A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with political ambitions, sees the crime as his ticket to the Senate if he can find the right victim to finger for the crime. He sets out to convict Robert Hale, a transplanted northerner who was Mary's teacher at the business school where she was killed. Despite the fact that all the evidence against Hale is circumstantial, Griffin works with a ruthless reporter to create a media frenzy of prejudice and hate against the teacher.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title They Won't Forget
Directors Mervyn LeRoy
Writers Ward Greene, Aben Kandel, Robert Rossen

Cast

Claude Rains

as District Attorney Andrew J. Griffin

Gloria Dickson

as Sybil Hale

Edward Norris

as Professor Robert Perry Hale

Otto Kruger

as Michael Gleason

Allyn Joslyn

as Bill Brock

Lana Turner

as Mary Clay

Linda Perry

as Imogene Mayfield

Elisha Cook Jr.

as Joe Turner

Cy Kendall

as Detective Laneart

Clinton Rosemond

as Tump Redwine

E. Alyn Warren

as Carlisle P. Buxton

Elisabeth Risdon

as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)

Clifford Soubier

as Jim Timberlake

Granville Bates

as Detective Pindar

Ann Shoemaker

as Mrs. Mountford

Paul Everton

as Governor Mountford

Donald Briggs

as Harmon

Sibyl Harris

as Mrs. Clay (as Sybil Harris)

Trevor Bardette

as Shattuck Clay

Elliott Sullivan

as Luther Clay

Wilmer Hines

as Ransom Clay

Eddie Acuff

as Drugstore Clerk

Frank Faylen

as Reporter

Leonard Mudie

as Judge Moore

Harry Davenport

as Confederate Soldier

Harry Beresford

as Confederate Soldier

Edward McWade

as Confederate Soldier