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08/05/1936 Drama 1h 25m
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This loving mother is on trial for her life. Let yourself be one of the jury , and decide.

Overview

An attorney falls for the woman he's representing on a murder charge.

  1. William A. Seiter

    Director

  2. C. Graham Baker

    Writer

  3. Gene Towne

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Madeleine Carroll

    Hope Ames

  2. George Brent

    Matt Logan

  3. Beulah Bondi

    Mrs. Livingston Ames

  4. Arthur Treacher

    Griggsby

  5. Alan Mowbray

    Lawrence Waterson

  6. Esther Dale

    Matilda

  7. Edward Brophy

    Sid

  8. Scotty Beckett

    Bobbie Ames

  9. Mayo Methot

    Cora Lamont

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-01-15
Madeleine Carroll turns in a lively performance here as the accused socialite "Hope" who is on trial for murdering her wealthy husband. Her last ditch and emotional plea to the all-male jury does the trick and she gets off, but her mother-in-law (Beulah Bondi) wants her as far away from her child "Bobby" as possible so pretty soon they are going to have head back to court. Not only has the boy's grandmother employed "Waterston" (Alan Mowbray) as her solicitor - he was the defence lawyer for the original crime, but "Logan" (George Brent) the DA who failed in that prosecution has rather lost the...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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