A little over-earnest, but really a good movie nonetheless.

Great Fritz Lang, Great Spencer Tracy, the uncontrolled fury of the people and the fury of revenge

Excellent story that give food for thought.

Fritz Lang is a genius filmmaker to be sure and this is definitely one of the more important and enthralling of the early noir films. That being said, in a medium that is more often than not guilty of misrepresenting the court room and the law, this film has some of the most ridiculous and absurd depictions of courtroom proceedings ever put on film. Fully engage that willing suspension of disbelief, however, and this film is positively dope.