| Release Date: | Dec 1961 |
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| Genres: | History / Drama |
| Awards: | Won 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 21 nominations |
| Cast: | Spencer Tracy (Chief Judge Dan Haywood), Burt Lancaster (Dr. Ernst Janning), Richard Widmark (Col. Tad Lawson), Marlene Dietrich (Mrs. Bertholt), Maximilian Schell (Hans Rolfe), Judy Garland (Mrs. Irene Hoffman Wallner), Montgomery Clift (Rudolph Petersen), Ed Binns (Sen. Burkette (as Edward Binns)), Werner Klemperer (Emil Hahn), Torben Meyer (Werner Lampe), Martin Brandt (Friedrich Hofstetter), William Shatner (Capt. Harrison Byers), Kenneth MacKenna (Judge Kenneth Norris), Alan Baxter (Brig. Gen. Matt Merrin), Ray Teal (Judge Curtiss Ives) |
It has been three years since the most important Nazi leaders had already been tried. This trial is about 4 Judges who used their offices to conduct Nazi sterilization and cleansing policies. Retired American Judge, Judge Dan Haywood has a daunting task ahead of him. The Cold War is heating up and no one wants any more trials as Germany, and allied Governments, want to forget the past. But is that the right thing to do is the question that the tribunal must decide.
