nick ray 3rd film ( i believe ) while his first with bogey . bogart be a lawyer and although his part be write a bit hokey and he convince in the part . mostly tell in a conventional flashback like a woman secret . good acting and decent photography . george macready be excellent as well a the scarred and evil and but ultimately vindicated prosecutor . though it have some melodrama of the forced variety and it manage to convey a sense of the rough edge around the conventional truth . no real hero here .