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Ready for the People
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Ready for the People

1964-10-01 · 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.

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Buzz Kulik
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Simon OaklandSimon OaklandMurray Brock
Everett SloaneEverett SloanePaul Boyer
Anne HelmAnne HelmConnie Zelenko
Richard JordanRichard JordanEddie Dickinson
Karl HeldKarl HeldDave Ryan
Bartlett RobinsonBartlett RobinsonJohn T. McGrane
Simon ScottSimon ScottDistrict Attorney
Louis GussLouis GussJoe Damico
Harold GouldHarold GouldArnie Tomkins
Don KeeferDon KeeferDr. Michaels
William BramleyNick Williams
Robert P. LiebJudge
King CalderKing CalderChaplain
Jo HeltonJo HeltonKaren Brock

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