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They Won't Forget ()

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A politically ambitious district attorney, unscrupulous tabloid journalists, and regional prejudice combine to charge a teacher with the murder of his student.
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Andy Griffin
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Sybil Hale
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Robert Hale
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Michael Gleason
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Bill Brock
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Mary Clay
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Imogene Mayfield
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Joe Turner
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Detective Laneart
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Tump Scott Redwine
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Prof. Carlisle P. Buxton
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Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Clifford Soubier ...
Jim Timberlake
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Detective Pindar
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Mrs. Mountford
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Governor Mountford
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Harmon
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Mrs. Clay (as Sybil Harris)
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Shattuck Clay
Elliott Sullivan ...
Luther Clay
Wilmer Hines ...
Ransom Clay
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Drugstore Clerk
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Reporter
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Judge Moore
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Confederate Soldier
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Confederate Soldier
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Confederate Soldier
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Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
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First Turnkey (uncredited)
Raymond Brown ...
Colonel Foster - Redwine's Lawyer (uncredited)
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Dolly Holly - Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Cummings Sr. ...
Whipple - Banker (uncredited)
Ned Davenport ...
Bit (uncredited)
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Detective Briggs (uncredited)
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Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Jerry Fletcher ...
Boy in Pool Room (uncredited)
Eddie Foster ...
Boy in Pool Room (uncredited)
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Barbershop Customer (uncredited)
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Bartender (uncredited)
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Jury (uncredited)
Harry Hollingsworth ...
Turnkey (uncredited)
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Detective on Train (uncredited)
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Jury (uncredited)
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Jury (uncredited)
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Jury (uncredited)
Owen King ...
Flannigan (uncredited)
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Detective on Train (uncredited)
Paul Maxey ...
Man in Saloon Smoking Pipe (uncredited)
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Girl in Crowd (uncredited)
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Police Captain (uncredited)
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Jury (uncredited)
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Dougherty - Publisher (uncredited)
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Hazel - Imogene's Friend (uncredited)
Robert Porterfield ...
Jimmy Harrison - Dissenting Juror (uncredited)
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Boy in Pool Room (uncredited)
Frank Rasmussen ...
Detective Tucker (uncredited)
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Crowd Member at Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
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Cop Guarding Hale (uncredited)
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Trailer Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
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Boy in Pool Room (uncredited)
Adele St. Maur ...
Mrs. Timberlake (uncredited)
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Stout Lady on Train (uncredited)
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Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)
Walter Young ...
Mr. Mimms (uncredited)

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Mervyn LeRoy ... (uncredited)

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Ward Greene ... (novel "Death In the Deep South")
 
Robert Rossen ... (screen play) and
Aben Kandel ... (screen play)

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Mervyn LeRoy ... producer (uncredited)
Jack L. Warner ... executive producer (uncredited)

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Adolph Deutsch

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Arthur Edeson ... (photography by)

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Thomas Richards ... film editor

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Robert M. Haas ... (as Robert Haas)

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N'was McKenzie ... (gowns) (as Miss MacKenzie)

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Al Bonner ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Helen Turpin ... hair stylist (uncredited)

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Lee Katz ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Lloyd S. Edwards ... props (uncredited)

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James Hicks ... grip (uncredited)

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Adolph Deutsch ... arrangements
Leo F. Forbstein ... musical director

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Dalton S. Reymond ... technical advisor (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with political ambitions, sees the crime as his ticket to the Senate if he can find the right victim to finger for the crime. He sets out to convict Robert Hale, a transplanted northerner who was Mary's teacher at the business school where she was killed. Despite the fact that all the evidence against Hale is circumstantial, Griffin works with a ruthless reporter to create a media frenzy of prejudice and hate against the teacher. Written by Daniel Bubbeo

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Taglines ALONE...THEY FACED A WORLD GONE MAD! AN UNFORGETABLE EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE...LIVED BY REAL PEOPLE! (Print Ad- Victoria Daily Times, ((Victoria, BC)) 12 October 1937) See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Deep South (United States)
  • In the Deep South (United States)
  • Death in the Deep South (United States)
  • Murder in the Deep South (United States)
  • La ville gronde ! (France)
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  • 95 min
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Trivia The novel "Death in the Deep South" and this movie version were based on the notorious murder trial and subsequent lynching of Leo Frank. The film mentions the suspect's Northern background, which was a factor in his lynching, but does not mention that he was Jewish. The real-life victim, Mary Phagan, was only 13 years old, a far cry from Lana Turner's 16-year-old "sweater girl." See more »
Goofs During the entire trial the shadow of the window is showing in the same place; behind the witness chair/over the back door of the courtroom. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Angry Screen (1964). See more »
Soundtracks Kingdom Coming See more »
Quotes Drugstore Clerk: What'll it all be be, ladies?
Imogene Mayfield: Dope and cherry, Fred.
Drugstore Clerk: [to Mary] How about you, half-pint?
Mary Clay: Make mine a chocolate malt and drop an egg in it as fresh as you are.
Drugstore Clerk: The hens don't lay 'em that good.
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