
Plot
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
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Cast

Spencer Tracy
Dan Haywood

Richard Widmark
Tad Lawson

Maximilian Schell
Hans Rolfe

Burt Lancaster
Ernst Janning

Marlene Dietrich
Mrs. Bertholt

Judy Garland
Irene Hoffman Wallner

Montgomery Clift
Rudolph Petersen

William Shatner
Harrison Byers

Werner Klemperer
Emil Hahn

Kenneth MacKenna
Kenneth Norris

Torben Meyer
Werner Lampe

Joseph Bernard
Abe Radnitz

Alan Baxter
Matt Merrin

Edward Binns
Senator Burkette

Virginia Christine
Mrs. Halbestadt

Otto Waldis
Pohl

Karl Swenson
Heinrich Geuter

Martin Brandt
Friedrich Hofstetter

Ray Teal
Curtiss Ives

John Wengraf
Karl Wieck

Ben Wright
Halbestadt

Howard Caine
Hugo Wallner

Olga Fabian
Elsa Lindnow

Paul Busch
Schmidt

Bernard Kates
Max Perkins

Bess Flowers
Concert Attendee (uncredited)

Frank Baker
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Brandon Beach
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan
Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Sam Harris
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Shep Houghton
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Reed Howes
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

William Meader
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Colin Kenny
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

George Nardelli
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Waclaw Rekwart
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Jack Stoney
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Oscar Beregi Jr.
Waiter at Court Lounge (uncredited)

Norbert Schiller
Waiter (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg
Concert Attendee (uncredited)

Herman Hack
Concert Attendee (uncredited)

Sheila Bromley
Mrs. Ives (uncredited)

Harold Miller
Courtroom Officer (uncredited)

Hans Moebus
Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Ed Nelson
Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien
German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)

Rudy Solari
Interpreter in Courtroom (uncredited)

Bert Stevens
German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)

Hal Taggart
German Counsel (uncredited)

Jana Taylor
Elsa Scheffler (uncredited)

Ralph Moratz
Army Major at Trial (uncredited)

Tony Regan
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Dick Cherney
Concert Attendee (uncredited)

Norman Stevans
Club Patron (uncredited)

Raoul Freeman
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)