278:
had been raised in New York), and
Griffin works with reporter William Brock to create a media frenzy of prejudice and hatred against the teacher. The issue moves from innocence or guilt to the continuing bigotry and suspicion between South and North, especially given the significance of the day of the murder.
281:
The film shows the immense pressures brought to bear on members of the community to help in the conviction – the black janitor who is induced to lie on the stand for fear he himself will be convicted if Hale is found innocent; the juror who is the sole holdout to a guilty verdict; and the barber
277:
if he can find the right scapegoat to be tried for the crime. He seeks out Robert Hale, Mary's teacher at the business school where she was killed. Even though all evidence against Hale is circumstantial, Hale happens to be from New York (Leo Frank was a
Southerner from Texas, but he was Jewish and
285:
The governor of the state, with the support of his wife, decides to commit political suicide by commuting Hale's death sentence to life imprisonment because the evidence is simply insufficient to send a man to his death. The townsfolk are enraged, and the murdered girl's brothers, who have been
289:
Afterward, Hale's widow goes to
Griffin's office to return a check he had sent her to help her out, telling him he cannot soothe his conscience that way. As he and Brock watch her leave the building, Brock wonders if Hale was guilty. Griffin replies without much concern, "I wonder."
29:
486:. Greene found that "the direction of the picture is brilliant", and praised the writing for having "a better, less compromising story". However, he confessed that he "doubt that
630:
282:
who is afraid to testify to something he knows because it could exonerate Hale. Michael
Gleason, Hale's lawyer, does his best, but Hale is convicted and sentenced to death.
1718:
1758:
286:
threatening all along to take matters into their own hands if Hale is not executed, plot and carry out Hale's abduction and lynching with the help of a vengeful mob.
1728:
1723:
1768:
1753:
1748:
1743:
1713:
1434:
722:
1778:
1703:
1708:
1698:
1046:
942:
1475:
1638:
1351:
1217:
1499:
1177:
803:
1738:
1733:
870:
612:
466:
called the film "a brilliant sociological drama and a trenchant film editorial against intolerance and hatred." Writing for
1773:
1630:
125:
1622:
1316:
1070:
934:
902:
694:
1763:
1427:
1113:
1062:
1030:
1022:
569:
1606:
1284:
910:
747:
715:
1693:
1614:
1467:
1367:
1169:
1014:
520:
1598:
1507:
1359:
1300:
1268:
1225:
270:
592:
468:
1399:
1324:
763:
426:
1590:
1483:
1420:
1276:
1260:
1201:
1244:
1153:
1038:
998:
966:
830:
787:
708:
671:
1582:
1515:
1292:
1185:
1129:
974:
950:
894:
854:
274:
1688:
1209:
1161:
862:
779:
600:
498:
273:. A district attorney with political ambitions, Andrew Griffin, sees the crime as his way to the
1665:
1574:
1308:
1121:
878:
462:
506:'s unpublished notes recall the impression the face of the terrified black suspect left on him.
1459:
1383:
1375:
1252:
1086:
990:
660:
608:
1391:
1094:
958:
926:
846:
482:
399:
363:
351:
339:
28:
1137:
1054:
886:
795:
771:
631:"I Am Not Your Negro review: A poetic journey into the heart of the civil-rights movement"
545:
493:
More recently, the film review website
Allmovie.com gave the film five out of five stars.
457:
432:
393:
372:
253:, which was in turn a fictionalized account of a real-life case: the trial and subsequent
1566:
822:
537:
525:
357:
306:
234:
135:
97:
83:
1682:
1531:
1444:
1332:
982:
755:
587:
541:
503:
473:
444:
438:
420:
378:
312:
238:
115:
101:
50:
687:
1550:
1491:
1145:
838:
732:
533:
414:
324:
300:
230:
226:
150:
93:
39:
700:
1646:
1523:
918:
529:
408:
330:
318:
246:
242:
105:
71:
54:
1006:
515:
477:
345:
222:
1193:
665:
269:
A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on
258:
1412:
682:
254:
676:
654:
514:
The story was also dramatized in 1987 as a four-hour television
1416:
704:
476:
gave the film a good review, comparing its effect to that of
1657:
1542:
1451:
1343:
1236:
1105:
814:
739:
245:, in her feature debut. It was based on a novel by
206:
198:
188:
165:
157:
141:
131:
121:
111:
89:
77:
60:
46:
35:
21:
590:(4 November 1937). "They Won't Forget/Nitchevo".
1428:
716:
8:
1435:
1421:
1413:
723:
709:
701:
27:
18:
1719:Films about lynching in the United States
384:Paul Everton as Governor Thomas Mountford
261:after the murder of Mary Phagan in 1913.
42:(credited as "A Mervyn LeRoy Production")
607:. Oxford University Press. p. 178.
1759:Films with screenplays by Robert Rossen
557:
303:as District Attorney Andrew J. Griffin
1729:American films based on actual events
563:
561:
7:
1724:Films about miscarriage of justice
369:Clifford Soubier as Jim Timberlake
14:
943:I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
568:Frank S. Nugent (July 15, 1937).
405:Wilmer Hines as Ransom Scott Clay
1639:The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
629:MacDonald, Moira (2017-02-01).
360:as Professor Carlisle P. Buxton
336:Linda Perry as Imogene Mayfield
1769:American black-and-white films
1754:Films scored by Adolph Deutsch
1749:Films directed by Mervyn LeRoy
1744:Films based on American novels
1714:Films about capital punishment
315:as Professor Robert Perry Hale
1:
387:Donald Briggs as Harmon Drake
1779:1930s English-language films
1071:The King and the Chorus Girl
695:AFI Catalog of Feature Films
447:as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
1795:
1704:American legal drama films
1047:Oil for the Lamps of China
570:"They Won't Forget (1937)"
1170:Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
521:The Murder of Mary Phagan
490:have the same success ".
390:Sibyl Harris as Mrs. Clay
26:
1709:Films about antisemitism
1699:American courtroom films
496:In the documentary film
271:Confederate Memorial Day
251:Death in the Deep South
174:July 14, 1937
65:Death in the Deep South
1368:The Devil at 4 O'Clock
1352:Wake Me When It's Over
1261:Million Dollar Mermaid
441:as Confederate Veteran
435:as Confederate Veteran
429:as Confederate Veteran
1739:Films about prejudice
1734:Films about educators
1317:No Time for Sergeants
1039:I Found Stella Parish
935:The Heart of New York
831:Showgirl in Hollywood
678:They Won't Forget
667:They Won't Forget
656:They Won't Forget
1774:1930s American films
1583:The Roaring Twenties
1516:They Came to Cordura
1293:Strange Lady in Town
1218:East Side, West Side
1186:Without Reservations
1130:Blossoms in the Dust
1063:Three Men on a Horse
975:Gold Diggers of 1933
895:Local Boy Makes Good
601:Taylor, John Russell
348:as Detective Laneart
1500:Alexander the Great
1210:Any Number Can Play
1178:The House I Live In
804:Little Johnny Jones
499:I Am Not Your Negro
327:as William A. Brock
221:is a 1937 American
1764:Warner Bros. films
1666:The Undercover Man
1615:Blues in the Night
1575:Dust Be My Destiny
1476:All the King's Men
1309:Toward the Unknown
1098:(1939, uncredited)
1082:(1937, uncredited)
871:Too Young to Marry
731:Films directed by
672:TCM Movie Database
574:The New York Times
463:The New York Times
453:Critical reception
321:as Michael Gleason
1676:
1675:
1631:A Walk in the Sun
1559:They Won't Forget
1508:Island in the Sun
1410:
1409:
1360:A Majority of One
1253:Lovely to Look At
1087:Fools for Scandal
1079:They Won't Forget
991:The World Changes
689:They Won't Forget
605:The Pleasure Dome
488:They Won't Forget
381:as Mrs. Mountford
218:They Won't Forget
214:
213:
22:They Won't Forget
1786:
1694:1937 drama films
1623:Edge of Darkness
1437:
1430:
1423:
1414:
1400:The Green Berets
1392:Moment to Moment
1325:Home Before Dark
1095:The Wizard of Oz
959:Elmer, the Great
927:Three on a Match
903:Tonight or Never
863:Gentleman's Fate
725:
718:
711:
702:
642:
641:
639:
637:
626:
620:
618:
597:
584:
578:
577:
565:
400:Elliott Sullivan
396:as Shattuck Clay
364:Elisabeth Risdon
352:Clinton Rosemond
340:Elisha Cook, Jr.
181:
179:
31:
19:
1794:
1793:
1789:
1788:
1787:
1785:
1784:
1783:
1679:
1678:
1677:
1672:
1653:
1591:A Child Is Born
1538:
1484:The Brave Bulls
1447:
1441:
1411:
1406:
1339:
1232:
1138:Unholy Partners
1114:Waterloo Bridge
1101:
1055:Anthony Adverse
1031:Page Miss Glory
1023:Happiness Ahead
887:Five Star Final
810:
796:Broadway Babies
735:
729:
651:
646:
645:
635:
633:
628:
627:
623:
615:
599:
598:(reprinted in:
586:
585:
581:
567:
566:
559:
554:
546:William H. Macy
512:
458:Frank S. Nugent
455:
450:
433:Harry Beresford
427:Harry Davenport
394:Trevor Bardette
373:Granville Bates
354:as Tump Redwine
296:
267:
191:
184:
177:
175:
168:
153:
146:
144:
126:Thomas Richards
104:
100:
96:
82:
69:
67:
53:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1792:
1790:
1782:
1781:
1776:
1771:
1766:
1761:
1756:
1751:
1746:
1741:
1736:
1731:
1726:
1721:
1716:
1711:
1706:
1701:
1696:
1691:
1681:
1680:
1674:
1673:
1671:
1670:
1661:
1659:
1655:
1654:
1652:
1651:
1643:
1635:
1627:
1619:
1611:
1607:Out of the Fog
1603:
1595:
1587:
1579:
1571:
1567:Racket Busters
1563:
1555:
1546:
1544:
1540:
1539:
1537:
1536:
1528:
1520:
1512:
1504:
1496:
1488:
1480:
1472:
1464:
1460:Johnny O'Clock
1455:
1453:
1449:
1448:
1442:
1440:
1439:
1432:
1425:
1417:
1408:
1407:
1405:
1404:
1396:
1388:
1380:
1372:
1364:
1356:
1347:
1345:
1341:
1340:
1338:
1337:
1329:
1321:
1313:
1305:
1297:
1289:
1285:Mister Roberts
1281:
1273:
1265:
1257:
1249:
1240:
1238:
1234:
1233:
1231:
1230:
1222:
1214:
1206:
1198:
1190:
1182:
1174:
1166:
1158:
1154:Random Harvest
1150:
1142:
1134:
1126:
1118:
1109:
1107:
1103:
1102:
1100:
1099:
1091:
1083:
1075:
1067:
1059:
1051:
1043:
1035:
1027:
1019:
1011:
1003:
999:Heat Lightning
995:
987:
979:
971:
967:Hard to Handle
963:
955:
947:
939:
931:
923:
915:
911:Big City Blues
907:
899:
891:
883:
875:
867:
859:
851:
843:
835:
827:
823:Playing Around
818:
816:
812:
811:
809:
808:
800:
792:
784:
776:
768:
760:
752:
748:No Place to Go
743:
741:
737:
736:
730:
728:
727:
720:
713:
705:
699:
698:
697:
685:
674:
663:
650:
649:External links
647:
644:
643:
621:
613:
603:, ed. (1980).
588:Greene, Graham
579:
556:
555:
553:
550:
538:Rebecca Miller
526:Larry McMurtry
511:
510:Other versions
508:
454:
451:
449:
448:
442:
436:
430:
424:
423:as Judge Moore
418:
412:
406:
403:
402:as Luther Clay
397:
391:
388:
385:
382:
376:
370:
367:
361:
358:E. Alyn Warren
355:
349:
343:
337:
334:
328:
322:
316:
310:
307:Gloria Dickson
304:
297:
295:
292:
266:
263:
235:Gloria Dickson
212:
211:
208:
204:
203:
200:
196:
195:
192:
189:
186:
185:
183:
182:
171:
169:
166:
163:
162:
159:
158:Distributed by
155:
154:
149:
147:
142:
139:
138:
136:Adolph Deutsch
133:
129:
128:
123:
119:
118:
113:
112:Cinematography
109:
108:
98:Gloria Dickson
91:
87:
86:
84:Jack L. Warner
79:
75:
74:
62:
58:
57:
48:
44:
43:
37:
33:
32:
24:
23:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1791:
1780:
1777:
1775:
1772:
1770:
1767:
1765:
1762:
1760:
1757:
1755:
1752:
1750:
1747:
1745:
1742:
1740:
1737:
1735:
1732:
1730:
1727:
1725:
1722:
1720:
1717:
1715:
1712:
1710:
1707:
1705:
1702:
1700:
1697:
1695:
1692:
1690:
1687:
1686:
1684:
1668:
1667:
1663:
1662:
1660:
1656:
1649:
1648:
1644:
1641:
1640:
1636:
1633:
1632:
1628:
1625:
1624:
1620:
1617:
1616:
1612:
1609:
1608:
1604:
1601:
1600:
1596:
1593:
1592:
1588:
1585:
1584:
1580:
1577:
1576:
1572:
1569:
1568:
1564:
1561:
1560:
1556:
1553:
1552:
1548:
1547:
1545:
1541:
1534:
1533:
1529:
1526:
1525:
1521:
1518:
1517:
1513:
1510:
1509:
1505:
1502:
1501:
1497:
1494:
1493:
1489:
1486:
1485:
1481:
1478:
1477:
1473:
1470:
1469:
1468:Body and Soul
1465:
1462:
1461:
1457:
1456:
1454:
1450:
1446:
1445:Robert Rossen
1438:
1433:
1431:
1426:
1424:
1419:
1418:
1415:
1402:
1401:
1397:
1394:
1393:
1389:
1386:
1385:
1381:
1378:
1377:
1373:
1370:
1369:
1365:
1362:
1361:
1357:
1354:
1353:
1349:
1348:
1346:
1342:
1335:
1334:
1333:The FBI Story
1330:
1327:
1326:
1322:
1319:
1318:
1314:
1311:
1310:
1306:
1303:
1302:
1298:
1295:
1294:
1290:
1287:
1286:
1282:
1279:
1278:
1274:
1271:
1270:
1266:
1263:
1262:
1258:
1255:
1254:
1250:
1247:
1246:
1242:
1241:
1239:
1235:
1228:
1227:
1223:
1220:
1219:
1215:
1212:
1211:
1207:
1204:
1203:
1199:
1196:
1195:
1191:
1188:
1187:
1183:
1180:
1179:
1175:
1172:
1171:
1167:
1164:
1163:
1159:
1156:
1155:
1151:
1148:
1147:
1143:
1140:
1139:
1135:
1132:
1131:
1127:
1124:
1123:
1119:
1116:
1115:
1111:
1110:
1108:
1104:
1097:
1096:
1092:
1089:
1088:
1084:
1081:
1080:
1076:
1073:
1072:
1068:
1065:
1064:
1060:
1057:
1056:
1052:
1049:
1048:
1044:
1041:
1040:
1036:
1033:
1032:
1028:
1025:
1024:
1020:
1017:
1016:
1015:Sweet Adeline
1012:
1009:
1008:
1004:
1001:
1000:
996:
993:
992:
988:
985:
984:
983:Tugboat Annie
980:
977:
976:
972:
969:
968:
964:
961:
960:
956:
953:
952:
951:High Pressure
948:
945:
944:
940:
937:
936:
932:
929:
928:
924:
921:
920:
916:
913:
912:
908:
905:
904:
900:
897:
896:
892:
889:
888:
884:
881:
880:
876:
873:
872:
868:
865:
864:
860:
857:
856:
855:Little Caesar
852:
849:
848:
844:
841:
840:
836:
833:
832:
828:
825:
824:
820:
819:
817:
813:
806:
805:
801:
798:
797:
793:
790:
789:
785:
782:
781:
777:
774:
773:
769:
766:
765:
761:
758:
757:
756:Flying Romeos
753:
750:
749:
745:
744:
742:
738:
734:
726:
721:
719:
714:
712:
707:
706:
703:
696:
693:
691:
690:
686:
684:
680:
679:
675:
673:
669:
668:
664:
662:
658:
657:
653:
652:
648:
632:
625:
622:
616:
610:
606:
602:
595:
594:
593:Night and Day
589:
583:
580:
575:
571:
564:
562:
558:
551:
549:
547:
543:
542:Cynthia Nixon
539:
535:
531:
528:and starring
527:
524:, written by
523:
522:
517:
509:
507:
505:
504:James Baldwin
501:
500:
494:
491:
489:
485:
484:
479:
475:
474:Graham Greene
471:
470:
469:Night and Day
465:
464:
459:
452:
446:
445:Ronald Reagan
443:
440:
439:Edward McWade
437:
434:
431:
428:
425:
422:
421:Leonard Mudie
419:
417:as Bill Price
416:
413:
410:
407:
404:
401:
398:
395:
392:
389:
386:
383:
380:
379:Ann Shoemaker
377:
374:
371:
368:
365:
362:
359:
356:
353:
350:
347:
344:
342:as Joe Turner
341:
338:
335:
332:
329:
326:
323:
320:
317:
314:
313:Edward Norris
311:
309:as Sybil Hale
308:
305:
302:
299:
298:
293:
291:
287:
283:
279:
276:
272:
264:
262:
260:
256:
252:
248:
244:
240:
239:Edward Norris
236:
232:
229:and starring
228:
224:
220:
219:
209:
205:
202:United States
201:
197:
193:
187:
173:
172:
170:
164:
160:
156:
152:
148:
140:
137:
134:
130:
127:
124:
120:
117:
116:Arthur Edeson
114:
110:
107:
103:
102:Edward Norris
99:
95:
92:
88:
85:
80:
76:
73:
66:
63:
59:
56:
52:
51:Robert Rossen
49:
45:
41:
38:
34:
30:
25:
20:
1664:
1645:
1637:
1629:
1621:
1613:
1605:
1599:The Sea Wolf
1597:
1589:
1581:
1573:
1565:
1558:
1557:
1551:Marked Woman
1549:
1530:
1522:
1514:
1506:
1498:
1490:
1482:
1474:
1466:
1458:
1398:
1390:
1382:
1374:
1366:
1358:
1350:
1331:
1323:
1315:
1307:
1301:The Bad Seed
1299:
1291:
1283:
1275:
1269:Latin Lovers
1267:
1259:
1251:
1243:
1226:Little Women
1224:
1216:
1208:
1200:
1192:
1184:
1176:
1168:
1162:Madame Curie
1160:
1152:
1146:Johnny Eager
1144:
1136:
1128:
1120:
1112:
1093:
1085:
1078:
1077:
1069:
1061:
1053:
1045:
1037:
1029:
1021:
1013:
1005:
997:
989:
981:
973:
965:
957:
949:
941:
933:
925:
917:
909:
901:
893:
885:
877:
869:
861:
853:
845:
839:Numbered Men
837:
829:
821:
802:
794:
786:
780:Naughty Baby
778:
770:
762:
754:
746:
733:Mervyn LeRoy
688:
677:
666:
655:
634:. Retrieved
624:
604:
591:
582:
573:
534:Kevin Spacey
519:
513:
497:
495:
492:
487:
481:
467:
461:
456:
415:Frank Faylen
366:as Mrs. Hale
333:as Mary Clay
325:Allyn Joslyn
301:Claude Rains
288:
284:
280:
268:
250:
231:Claude Rains
227:Mervyn LeRoy
225:directed by
217:
216:
215:
190:Running time
167:Release date
161:Warner Bros.
151:Warner Bros.
94:Claude Rains
81:Mervyn LeRoy
64:
40:Mervyn LeRoy
1658:As producer
1647:Desert Fury
1543:Screenplays
1524:The Hustler
1452:As director
919:Two Seconds
879:Broadminded
764:Harold Teen
636:20 December
530:Jack Lemmon
409:Eddie Acuff
331:Lana Turner
319:Otto Kruger
247:Ward Greene
243:Lana Turner
106:Lana Turner
78:Produced by
72:Ward Greene
55:Aben Kandel
36:Directed by
1689:1937 films
1683:Categories
1384:Mary, Mary
1277:Rose Marie
1202:Homecoming
1007:Hi Nellie!
614:0192812866
552:References
516:miniseries
478:Fritz Lang
346:Cy Kendall
223:drama film
194:95 minutes
178:1937-07-14
143:Production
68:1936 novel
47:Written by
1443:Films by
1245:Quo Vadis
1194:Desire Me
847:Top Speed
788:Hot Stuff
518:entitled
472:in 1937,
375:as Pindar
259:Leo Frank
122:Edited by
16:1937 film
772:Oh, Kay!
683:AllMovie
255:lynching
207:Language
132:Music by
90:Starring
61:Based on
692:at the
670:at the
411:as Fred
249:called
210:English
199:Country
176: (
145:company
1669:(1949)
1650:(1947)
1642:(1946)
1634:(1945)
1626:(1943)
1618:(1941)
1610:(1941)
1602:(1941)
1594:(1939)
1586:(1939)
1578:(1939)
1570:(1938)
1562:(1937)
1554:(1937)
1535:(1964)
1532:Lilith
1527:(1961)
1519:(1959)
1511:(1957)
1503:(1956)
1495:(1954)
1487:(1951)
1479:(1949)
1471:(1947)
1463:(1947)
1403:(1968)
1395:(1966)
1387:(1963)
1379:(1962)
1371:(1961)
1363:(1961)
1355:(1960)
1336:(1959)
1328:(1958)
1320:(1958)
1312:(1956)
1304:(1956)
1296:(1955)
1288:(1955)
1280:(1954)
1272:(1953)
1264:(1952)
1256:(1952)
1248:(1951)
1229:(1949)
1221:(1949)
1213:(1949)
1205:(1948)
1197:(1947)
1189:(1946)
1181:(1945)
1173:(1944)
1165:(1943)
1157:(1942)
1149:(1941)
1141:(1941)
1133:(1941)
1125:(1940)
1122:Escape
1117:(1940)
1090:(1938)
1074:(1937)
1066:(1936)
1058:(1936)
1050:(1935)
1042:(1935)
1034:(1935)
1026:(1934)
1018:(1934)
1010:(1934)
1002:(1934)
994:(1933)
986:(1933)
978:(1933)
970:(1933)
962:(1933)
954:(1932)
946:(1932)
938:(1932)
930:(1932)
922:(1932)
914:(1932)
906:(1931)
898:(1931)
890:(1931)
882:(1931)
874:(1931)
866:(1931)
858:(1931)
850:(1930)
842:(1930)
834:(1930)
826:(1930)
807:(1929)
799:(1929)
791:(1929)
783:(1928)
775:(1928)
767:(1928)
759:(1928)
751:(1927)
611:
275:Senate
241:, and
1492:Mambo
1376:Gypsy
1344:1960s
1237:1950s
1106:1940s
815:1930s
740:1920s
661:IMDb
638:2020
609:ISBN
544:and
483:Fury
294:Cast
265:Plot
681:at
659:at
480:'s
460:of
257:of
70:by
1685::
572:.
560:^
548:.
540:,
536:,
532:,
502:,
237:,
233:,
1436:e
1429:t
1422:v
724:e
717:t
710:v
640:.
619:)
617:.
596:.
576:.
180:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
