In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
- Genre: Drama, History
- Studio: United Artists, Roxlom Films, Stanley Kramer Productions
- Keyword: right and justice, nazi, court case, judge, concentration camp, world war ii, national socialism, national socialist party, nuremberg trials, trial, nuremberg, germany, courtroom drama
- Cast: Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland