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Trial is a 1955 American drama film directed by Mark Robson and starring Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy, John Hodiak, Katy Jurado, Rafael Campos, and Juano Hernandez.
Trial: Directed by Mark Robson. With Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy, John Hodiak. Courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute problems facing the USA such as stormy race relations and the growing threat of local communism.
the film concluded with the Judge sentencing the out-of-order Castle to 30 days in the county jail for contempt of court due to his earlier outburst, and the HUAC summons would probably be postponed indefinitely; the victorious Abbe and Blake left the courtroom together
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters.
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...
The Trial is a 2010 drama film directed by Gary Wheeler and starring Matthew Modine. It is based on the novel of the same name by Robert Whitlow and was released September 10, 2010, grossing $19,753 at the box office.
The Trial is funny, gripping, and ever confusing, but it is what you make of it. Orson Welles paves the way for other dreamy surrealist directors David Lynch and David Cronenberg.
