Rod Serling wrote it. Frankenheimer directed it. Your jaw will drop.
The weakling sheriff of a small southwestern town allows a Mexican teenager to be lynched by a local mob for a crime he may not have committed.
Writing
Serling's dialogue cuts like a straight razor.
Acting
Steiger's sweaty cowardice is physically uncomfortable.
Direction
Frankenheimer's live-TV tension in every frame.
Director
John Frankenheimer
Rod Steiger
Harvey Denton
William Shatner
Jerry Paul
Fay Spain
Annamay Paul
James Gregory
Hennify
Martín Garralaga
The Priest
Eugene Iglesias
Pancho Rivera
Malcolm Atterbury
Jenkins
Paul Lambert
Danny
Sandy Kenyon
Billy
Clegg Hoyt
Mr. Flagg
Eddie Ryder
Pete Ankers
Helen Kleeb
Mrs. Flagg
Miriam Colon
Dolores
Fred Aldrich
Townsman
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