L'apprenti avocat Robin Weathers transforme une poursuite civile en une mascarade qui fait la une des journaux. Il doit réexaminer ses scrupules après que ses manigances lui aient valu une promotion dans son entreprise, et il doit maintenant défendre un professeur d'université apparemment coupable de meurtre.

A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute problems facing the USA such as stormy race relations and the growing threat of local communism.

Bitter over their divorce, a wealthy businessman prevents his ex-wife from seeing their child. She then takes him to custody court and a judge tries to determine what will be best for the child.