| Humphrey Bogart | Andrew Morton |
| John Derek | Nick Romano |
| George Macready | |
| Allene Roberts | Emma |
| Susan Perry | Adele Morton |
| Mickey Knox | Vito |
| Barry Kelley | Judge Drake |
| Dooley Wilson | Piano player |
| Cara Williams | Nelly |
| Jimmy Conlin |
Having pulled himself out of the poverty and squalor of a big city slum, idealist lawyer Andrew Morton agrees to defend a young juvenile delinquent from his old neighborhood. Nick Romano, the son of an innocent man Morton had unsuccessfully defended as a young lawyer years earlier, stands accused of murdering a policeman. In opposition to a law-and-order prosecutor, Morton argues that Nick's deprived upbringing led to his life of crime.
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