Regie:
Richard ThorpeScenario:
Art CohnCamera:
William C. MellorMuziek:
Conrad SalingerActeurs:
James Stewart, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey, Carl Benton Reid, Paul Stewart, Otto Hulett, James Arness, Ralph Dumke, Leif Erickson, Jonathan Hale (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
In 1952, the world at large knew Marsh Williams as the developer of the US Army's M-1 carbine rifle. The film builds up to this event by detailing Williams' previous existence as a bootlegger and embittered prison inmate, sentenced to 30 years at hard labor for killing a revenue agent. After enduring the rigors of chain-gang life and solitary confinement, Williams (Stewart) gets his mind off his troubles by dreaming up a new type of automatic-gun piston. He is encouraged in this endeavor by prison warden H. T. Peoples (Corey), previously Williams' bitterest enemy. As Williams continues to develop his innovative weaponry notions, his wife Maggie (Hagen) and Warden Peoples try to overcome penal bureaucracy to win a pardon for Williams. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
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