05 Jan 1982
The Ambush Murders
An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen; he is unwary of yet another white lawyer who claims that he will help free him.
6,000 Enemies
This man sent 6000 men and women to prison! This girl got five years for a crime she didn't commit! And then a frame-up doomed the prosecutor to the Big House!
A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery charge and winds up in prison himself.
Top Billed Cast
Walter Pidgeon Steve Donegan
Rita Johnson Anne Barry
Paul Kelly Dr. Malcolm Scott
Nat Pendleton Socks Martin
Harold Huber Joe Silenus
Grant Mitchell Warden Alan Parkhurst
John Arledge Phil Donegan
J.M. Kerrigan Dan Barrett
Adrian Morris Bull Snyder
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams Maxie
Arthur Aylesworth Bluebeard Dawson
Raymond Hatton Wibbie Yern
Lionel Royce Dutch Myers
Tom Neal Ransom
Willie Fung Prisoner
Helena Phillips Evans Peachie
Esther Dale Prison Matron
Ernest Whitman Willie (uncredited)
Nell Craig Secretary (uncredited)
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