Movie Drama
The front page that blasted a town apart!
A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
Keefe Brasselle Sally Forrest Lionel Barrymore Spring Byington Lewis Stone J. Carrol Naish Elisabeth Risdon Larry Keating Warner Anderson Michael Ansara Mari Blanchard Harry Cheshire Ida Moore William Schallert Lawrence Dobkin Kenner G. Kemp John Morgan Bob Alden Sylvia Andrew Jessie Arnold Walter Bacon Al Bain Brandon Beach Genevieve Bell Joan Blake Phil Bloom Janice Carroll Dick Cherney Gene Coogan Jeanne Dante Helen Dickson Dan Dowling Harvey B. Dunn Betty Erbes Virginia Farmer Budd Fine Sumner Getchell Herschel Graham William E. Green Robert Haines Jimmie Horan Dick Johnstone Nikki Juston Paul Kruger Nolan Leary George Magrill David March Mathew McCue David McMahon Rhea Mitchell Forbes Murray Thomas Murray William H. O'Brien Allan Ray Jack Shea Betsy Stoddard Helen Winston Phyllis Woodward
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