They Won't Forget

Ben Mankiewicz introduces They Won’t Forget, 1937.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces They Won’t Forget, 1937.

After a prologue with geezer Confederate veterans, in a southern city ca. 1910, we meet dishy Mary (Lana Turner) and Imogene (Linda Perry) at business school, swooning over their instructor (Edward Norris), in Mervyn LeRoy's fact-based They Won't Forget, 1937, starring Claude Rains.

Even spectators outside the courtroom are dazzled by prosecutor Griffin (Claude Rains) as he winds up his case in director Mervyn LeRoy's They Won't Forget, 1937.

Griffin (Claude Rains) puts the town fathers in their place before the trial begins in director Mervyn LeRoy's They Won't Forget, 1937.

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Prosecutor Andy Griffin (Claude Rains) tells his assistant Harmon (Donald Briggs) of his determination to get the right man in They Won't Forget, 1937.

Prosecutor Andy Griffin (Claude Rains) offers advice and veiled threats to Officer Lanart (Cy Kendall) then receives the murder victim's brothers in They Won't Forget, 1937.

Bigotry flares when a Jewish businessman is accused of killing a small-town girl in the South in They Won't Forget (1937) starring Claude Rains.