Ready for the People

Ready for the People

Ready for Excitement? Ready for Suspense?

1964 · 57 min · ★ 8.0 · Crime, Drama, TV Movie

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.

Directed by Buzz Kulik · Written by Eleazar Lipsky

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Simon Oakland Murray Brock
Everett Sloane Paul Boyer
Anne Helm Connie Zelenko
Richard Jordan Eddie Dickinson
Karl Held Dave Ryan
Bartlett Robinson John T. McGrane
Simon Scott District Attorney
Louis Guss Joe Damico
Harold Gould Arnie Tomkins
Don Keefer Dr. Michaels
William Bramley Nick Williams
Robert P. Lieb Judge

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