False Faces

A district attorney sets out to vindicate his son who's been accused of murdering a nightclub singer.

Cast

Stanley Ridges

as District Attorney Stanley S. Harding

William Henry

as Don Westcott (as Bill Henry)

Rex Williams

as Craig S. Harding

Veda Ann Borg

as Joyce Ford

Janet Shaw

as Diana Harding

Joseph Crehan

as Police Capt. Alan O'Brien

Chester Clute

as Apartment Manager

John Maxwell

as Assistant District Attorney Stewart

Dick Wessel

as Detective Mallory

Billy Nelson

as Jimmy -- Cab Driver

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