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They Won't Forget

They Won't Forget

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 14, 1937

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Drama, Mystery

User Score

57%

Original Title

They Won't Forget

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

Mervyn LeRoy

Description

A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with political ambitions, sees the crime as his ticket to the Senate if he can find the right victim to finger for the crime. He sets out to convict Robert Hale, a transplanted northerner who was Mary's teacher at the business school where she was killed. Despite the fact that all the evidence against Hale is circumstantial, Griffin works with a ruthless reporter to create a media frenzy of prejudice and hate against the teacher.