Why i love old movies

I grew up watching 60's television and the films made in the first 10-15 years after the war often feature many actors I remember from their appearances on 60's TV in various roles. Here we see them early in their careers when they were just getting established and hoping for great success- or at least steady employemnt, the later of which they got or else I wouldn't remember them.

This film features, among others:

William Schallert, Patty Duke's father and Mr. Pomfritt from Dobie Gillis, without lines but clearly noticable as the guy stacking the slips of paper with the potential juror's names at the beginning.

Alan Reed, later the voice of Fred Flintstone as the gin-playing juror.

Paul Ford, later Colonel Hall on "You'll Never Get Rich", is the judge.

Harry Bellaver, Detective Arcaro on Naked City, is the baliff.

Whit Bissell, he of hundreds of guest roles and the one who warns Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen not to try to bury that Indian in the cemetary at the beginning of The Magnificent Seven, is the defense attorney.

Ford Rainey, also a frequent guest actor on TV shows, is the accused.

Ned Glass is the reporter who remembers the Kreutzer case- the last time a jury was sequestored. He probably had more TV bits than any of them. He's a bartender in "Requiem for a Heavyweight and would have taken over Ed Wynn's role if the old man wasn't up to it.

Paul Dubov, the other reporter who is transmitting his story over the phone, later wrote a ton of episodes, especially for Burke's Law and Honey West.

Hank Patterson was the owner of the stable on Gunsmoke in the 60's and Sarah Selby played Ma Smalley, the owner of the boarding house.