Director: John Frankenheimer

Writers: Edward Anhalt; J. P. Miller

From a novel: A Matter of Conviction by Evan Hunter

Keywords: Crime

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward Andrews	Actor	9-Oct-1914	8-Mar-1985	Sixteen Candles
Burt Lancaster	Actor	2-Nov-1913	20-Oct-1994	Elmer Gantry
Dina Merrill	Actor	9-Dec-1925		EF Hutton heiress and actress
Telly Savalas	Actor	22-Jan-1922	22-Jan-1994	Kojak
Shelley Winters	Actor	18-Aug-1920	14-Jan-2006	Method actress and camp queen

REVIEWS

Review by john frankenheimer - directer (posted on 23-Mar-2008)

It still stands as a hard hitting reminder of the realities of standing up for right when the odds are against you. As a prosecutor Mr. Bell (Burt Lancaster) must find out the truth behind a brutal street gang killing when everything that seems so cut and dry really isn't. With Bell's involvment in the case, he is drawn into the center of it all, from the mayer of New York City to his own wife to his old high school girlfriend whose son is a member of one of the warring gangs, Bell must find out who is truly guilty and is reminded of his own racial backround as well as his old neighberhood. The film is a grim reminder of a time when many urban neighborhoods had just as many gangs if not more than today and is a microcosim of many slum areas, although it's dated, it is still current.

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