In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.

Spencer Tracy
as Dan Haywood

Richard Widmark
as Tad Lawson

Maximilian Schell
as Hans Rolfe

Burt Lancaster
as Ernst Janning

Marlene Dietrich
as Mrs. Bertholt

Judy Garland
as Irene Hoffman Wallner

Montgomery Clift
as Rudolph Petersen

William Shatner
as Harrison Byers

Werner Klemperer
as Emil Hahn

Kenneth MacKenna
as Kenneth Norris
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Spencer Tracy is the presiding judge at the fictitious trial of some of the most evil Nazis to have survived the end of WWII. Chief amongst them is the formidable former jurist "Dr. Ernst Janning" (Burt Lancaster). Richard Widmark is tasked with leading the prosecution; Maximilian Schell as their de...