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Susan Hayward
Barbara Graham
Simon Oakland
Edward S. 'Ed' Montgomery
Virginia Vincent
Peg
Theodore Bikel
Carl G.G. Palmberg
Wesley Lau
Henry L. Graham
Philip Coolidge
Emmett Perkins
Lou Krugman
John R. 'Jack' Santo
James Philbrook
Bruce King
Bartlett Robinson
District Attorney Milton
Gage Clarke
Attorney Richard G. Tibrow
Joe De Santis
Al Matthews
John Marley
Father Devers
Raymond Bailey
San Quentin Warden
Gertrude Flynn
San Quentin Matron
Russell Thorson
San Quentin Sgt.
Dabbs Greer
San Quentin Capt.
Stafford Repp
Police Sgt.
Gavin MacLeod
Police Lt.
Alice Backes
Barbara, San Quentin Nurse
Wendell Holmes
Detective
Gerry Mulligan
Jazz Combo Member
Shelly Manne
Jazz Combo Member
Art Farmer
Jazz Combo Member
Frank Rosolino
Jazz Combo Member
Pete Jolly
Jazz Combo Member
Bud Shank
Jazz Combo Member
John George
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
John Barton
Clerk (uncredited)
Leonard Bell
San Francisco Hood (uncredited)
Olive Blakeney
Corona Warden (uncredited)
Eumenio Blanco
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Reporter (uncredited)
Peter Breck
Ben Miranda (uncredited)
George Bruggeman
Bailiff (uncredited)
George Chester
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Guard (uncredited)
Jack Weston
NCO at Party (uncredited)
Hope Summers
Ethel - Policewoman on Bus (uncredited)
Brett Halsey
Sailor at party (uncredited)
Gene Roth
Eric (uncredited)
Rusty Lane
Judge (uncredited)
Jason Johnson
Bixel, The Landlord (uncredited)
Paul Genge
Police Inspector (uncredited)
Dennis Cross
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Dan Sheridan
Police Broadcaster (uncredited)
Charles Fredericks
Sucker at Card Game (uncredited)
Red Mitchell
Jazz Combo Member

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sun Apr 14 2019

My heart bleeds for you. How can I help you Inspector, buy a few tickets to the policemen's ball? Right from the off there's a realistic feel to the film that immediately draws you in. Be it the characters being acted out so deftly, or the whole composition of director Robert Wise's work, it's quite something and sets the viewer up a treat. It somehow manages to put you in there with Barbara Graham so as to make you feel all the emotions that Graham herself feels. The plot is based around the murky life of Barbara Graham and the subsequent trial that would culminate in her execution, al...