The Sellout

May. 30,1952      NR
Rating:
6.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff.

Walter Pidgeon as  Haven D. Allridge
John Hodiak as  Charles 'Chick' Johnson
Audrey Totter as  Cleo Bethel
Paula Raymond as  Peggy Stauton
Thomas Gomez as  Sherrif Kellwin C. 'Casey' Burke
Cameron Mitchell as  Randloph 'Randy' Stauton
Karl Malden as  Capt. Buck Maxwell
Everett Sloane as  Nelson S. Tarsson
Jonathan Cott as  Deputy Edward 'Ned' Grayton
Frank Cady as  Bennie Amboy

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