The Turning Point

“Today's most sensational story of racket-busting !”

In a city where organized crime has settled in for good, special prosecutor John Conroy (Edmond O'Brien) names his father Matt (Tom Tully), a veteran cop, as his chief investigator. Reporter Jerry McKibbon (William Holden) has seen Matt with a mob lieutenant named Harrigan, and he keeps it to himself. William Dieterle holds on Jerry at the end of the night, a reporter with a friend to protect and a secret he cannot take back.