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Movie Info

When Mexican-American Angel Chavez (Rafael Campos) is arrested for murder on weak evidence, David Blake (Glenn Ford) agrees to defend him to gain the courtroom experience necessary for law school tenure. Bernard Castle (Arthur Kennedy) runs the law firm paying Blake's expenses. While Bernard takes care of fundraising, Blake prepares for trial with alluring secretary Abbe (Dorothy McGuire) but soon begins to suspect that Bernard is a communist trying to manipulate the trial for his own ends.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Mark Robson
Producer:

Charles Schnee
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 7, 2000
Runtime:

1h 45m
Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast & Crew

Glenn Ford
David Blake

Dorothy McGuire
Abbe Nyle

Arthur Kennedy
Bernard "Barney" Castle

John Hodiak
District Attorney John J. "Jack" Armstrong

Katy Jurado
Mrs. Consuela Chavez

Rafael Campos
Angel Chavez

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Critic Reviews for Trial

All Critics (1) | Fresh (1)

A hard-hitting realistic drama which shows with disturbing clarity how political racketeers skilled in the black arts of showmanship can flourish under the protection of the very laws they despise.

October 21, 2019 | Full Review…

Clyde Gilmour
Maclean's Magazine

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Audience Reviews for Trial

Jul 04, 2019

Trial is a film with depth and an especially strong performance by Arthur Kennedy. His character, a seemingly earnest defense attorney, enlists a law professor (Glenn Ford) to represent a Latino teen accused of murder. Kennedy steals the.film from Glenn Ford who lays things a little too thick at times. Director Mark Robson and legendary cinematographer Robert Surtees more than do justice to the material.

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