Filmdom's legendary gangster (and honorary Oscar recipient) Edward G. Robinson ("Little Caesar," "Double Indemnity") is a criminal lawyer who lays his reputation -- and life -- on the line defending his former assistant against a homicide charge. Starring Nina Foch ("An American in Paris," "The Ten Commandments"), Hugh Marlowe ("All About Eve," "The Birdman of Alcatraz"), and featuring an early appearance by blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield.