They Won’t Forget

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They Won’t Forget is a 1937 American crime drama film, directed by Mervyn LeRoy and noted for its social commentary on prejudice and injustice, that marked one of Robert Rossen’s early significant screenwriting credits.

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instanceOf American film ⓘ
crime drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn novel "Death in the Deep South" ⓘ
play "Storm in the Deep South" ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
castMember Claude Rains ⓘ
Edward Norris ⓘ
Elisabeth Risdon ⓘ
Gloria Dickson ⓘ
Lana Turner ⓘ
Otto Kruger ⓘ
cinematographyBy Norbert Brodine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Mervyn LeRoy ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. ⓘ
editedBy William Holmes ⓘ
era Golden Age of Hollywood ⓘ
featuresPerformanceBy Lana Turner ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
crime film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasTheme anti-Semitism (allegorical) ⓘ
class prejudice ⓘ
miscarriage of justice ⓘ
political ambition ⓘ
inspiredBy Leo Frank case ⓘ
leadActor Claude Rains ⓘ
medium theatrical film ⓘ
motionPictureRating Production Code era ⓘ
musicBy Erich Wolfgang Korngold ⓘ
narrativeForm feature-length narrative film ⓘ
notableFor early significant screenwriting credit for Robert Rossen ⓘ
social commentary on prejudice and injustice ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays judicial prejudice ⓘ
media sensationalism ⓘ
mob mentality ⓘ
producer Mervyn LeRoy ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. ⓘ
releaseDate 1937-06-02 ⓘ
releaseYear 1937 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 95 ⓘ
screenplayBy Mervyn LeRoy ⓘ
Robert Rossen ⓘ
screenwriter Robert Rossen ⓘ
settingLocation American South ⓘ

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