A 21-minute punch that invented the true crime docudrama — before true crime was cool.
A temporary laborer helps bring down a mob-sponsored employment racket.
Direction
Zinnemann's documentary-realist style before Hollywood polish.
Acting
Tom Neal's desperate everyman energy.
Director
Fred Zinnemann
Tom Neal
Joe Daniels
Jo Ann Sayers
Mary Daniels
Clem Bevans
H.L. (Pop) Daniels
Edward Pawley
Harry
Truman Bradley
Labor Commissioner's Representative
Leon Ames
J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes