Ready for the People (1964)
In a barroom fight over Connie Zelenko, Eddie Dickinson is badly wounded and Connie's boyfriend is killed. Witnesses claim Dickinson is the killer, but he maintains his innocence despite public prosecutor Murray Brock's advice that he plead guilty and take a life-imprisonment sentence rather than risk capital punishment. When Connie comes out of hiding, she confirms the other witnesses' stories, but Brock believes Dickinson is innocent. Dickinson sticks to his story at his trial but receives the death sentence. In the death house, Dickinson continues to maintain his innocence, but after the execution of the sentence, Brock receives a letter from Dickinson confessing to the murder.
Director: Buzz Kulik
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Simon Oakland as Murray Brock |
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Everett Sloane as Paul Boyer |
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Anne Helm as Connie Zelenko |
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Richard Jordan as Eddie Dickinson |
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Karl Held as Dave Ryan |
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Bartlett Robinson as John T. McGrane |
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Simon Scott as District Attorney |
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Louis Guss as Joe Damico |
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Harold Gould as Arnie Tomkins |
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Don Keefer as Dr. Michaels |
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William Bramley as Nick Williams |
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Robert P. Lieb as Judge |
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King Calder as Chaplain |
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Jo Helton as Karen Brock |
| Directing | Buzz Kulik | Director |
| Writing | Eleazar Lipsky | Story |
| Writing | E.M. Parsons | Writer |
| Writing | Sy Salkowitz | Writer |
