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  Elia Kazan

  regizor

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  Lee J. Cobb

  Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson
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  Karl Malden

  Det. Lt. White
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  Barry Kelley

  Desk Sgt. Dugan
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  Clay Clement

  Judge Tate
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  Taylor Holmes

  T.M. Wade
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  Cara Williams

  Irene Nelson - Waitress at Coney Island Cafe
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  Arthur Miller (I)

  Line-Up Suspect

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  Mickey Knox

  Rol de o replică
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  Frank Overton

  Rol de o replică
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  Leona Roberts

  Mrs. Crossman
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  Robert Keith

  extra
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  Brian Keith

  extra
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  Ed Begley

  Paul Harris
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  George Petrie

  Harry O'Shea - Public Defender

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  Anthony Ross

  Warren
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  Edgar Stehli

  Ryan - Coroner
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  Philip Coolidge

  Jim Crossman
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  Bert Freed

  Herron - Man in Alley Mob
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  Reed Hadley

  Off-Screen Narrator
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  J.J. Keith

  extra
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  Richard Garrick

  Graham Rogers - Storekeeper
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  Jane Wyatt

  Madge Harvey
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  Wyrley Birch

  Father George A. Lambert
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  Dana Andrews

  State's Atty. Henry L. Harvey
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  Sam Levene

  Dave Woods - 'Morning Record' Reporter
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  Robert Keith

  Mac McCreery
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  Arthur Kennedy

  John Waldron