191 minutes
12/18/1961
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
Torben Meyer
as Werner Lampe
Joseph Bernard
as Abe Radnitz
Alan Baxter
as Matt Merrin
Edward Binns
as Senator Burkette
Virginia Christine
as Mrs. Halbestadt
Otto Waldis
as Pohl
Karl Swenson
as Heinrich Geuter
Martin Brandt
as Friedrich Hofstetter
Ray Teal
as Curtiss Ives
John Wengraf
as Karl Wieck
Ben Wright
as Halbestadt
Howard Caine
as Hugo Wallner
Olga Fabian
as Elsa Lindnow
Paul Busch
as Schmidt
Bernard Kates
as Max Perkins
Bess Flowers
as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Frank Baker
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
as Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Sam Harris
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Reed Howes
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
William Meader
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
George Nardelli
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Waclaw Rekwart
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Stoney
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Oscar Beregi Jr.
as Waiter at Court Lounge (uncredited)
Norbert Schiller
as Waiter (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Herman Hack
as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Sheila Bromley
as Mrs. Ives (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as Courtroom Officer (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
as Assistant Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Ed Nelson
as Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
Rudy Solari
as Interpreter in Courtroom (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
as German Counsel (uncredited)
Jana Taylor
as Elsa Scheffler (uncredited)
Ralph Moratz
as Army Major at Trial (uncredited)
Tony Regan
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Norman Stevans
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)