Drama ·Mystery · United States of America · 1937 · 1h 35m

They Won't Forget

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Director
Mervyn LeRoy
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
Crew
Arthur Edeson — Director of Photography Thomas Richards — Editor Adolph Deutsch — Original Music Composer Aben Kandel — Screenplay Robert Rossen — Screenplay Ward Greene — Novel
Tagline

...EXPLOSIVE HATE DRAMA OF THE FURY OF A LYNCH-MAD MOB!! ...A STORY YOU'LL NEVER FORGET!

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
teacherprejudicemedia frenzynorthernerbusiness school
Key Collaborators
Mervyn LeRoy Director Arthur Edeson Director of Photography Thomas Richards Editor Adolph Deutsch Original Music Composer Aben Kandel Screenplay Robert Rossen Screenplay Ward Greene Novel N'was McKenzie Costume Design
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