Plot
Stephen Ashe, an upper class alcoholic defense attourney, successfully defends local mobster Ace Wilfong in a murder case. After his daughter Jan Ashe breaks her engagement to polo player Dwight Winthrop and starts an affair with Wilfong, she finds that the liason is not easily severed when she wants out. Winthrop earns Miss Ashe's true affections by killing Wilfong to break his grip on her. Now the question is, can Stephen Ashe save Winthrop with an impassioned defense speech to the jury?
Written by
Adela Rogers St. Johns, Becky Gardiner, Philip Dunning
Directed by
Clarence Brown
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Languages
English
Awards
Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 2 nominations total
Scores
# of Votes
3,042
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA