The Man Who Dared

A crusading reporter plans his own arrest and conviction for first degree murder, trying to show that the death sentence should be outlawed when based on circumstantial evidence alone, but his plan goes awry.

Cast

Leslie Brooks

as Lorna Claibourne

George Macready

as Donald Wayne

Forrest Tucker

as Larry James

Charles D. Brown

as D. A. Darrell Tyson

Warren Mills

as Felix

Richard Hale

as Reginald Fogg

Charles Evans

as Judge

Trevor Bardette

as Police Sgt. Arthur Landis

William Newell

as Police Sgt. Clay

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