They Won't Forget
“...EXPLOSIVE HATE DRAMA OF THE FURY OF A LYNCH-MAD MOB!! ...A STORY YOU'LL NEVER FORGET!”
1937 · 1 h 35 min
Mervyn LeRoyCast
Claude Rains Gloria Dickson 
Edward Norris 
Otto Kruger 
Allyn Joslyn 
Lana Turner
Credits
Written by: Ward Greene 
Robert Rossen
Plot
A southern town is rocked by scandal when a teenage girl is murdered, and a Northern teacher is accused.
Sinekatalog’s take
Mervyn LeRoy's drama, with Claude Rains and a young Lana Turner, is a powerful, fierce indictment of prejudice and mob justice.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (2,168 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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