The read
It runs a compact 1h 9m.
Synopsis
A district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and then tries framing the fiancé's lover.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Bayard VeillerScreenplay
- W.S. Van DykeDirector
Cast
- Lionel BarrymoreRichard Grant
- Kay FrancisMarjorie West
- Madge EvansBarbara 'Babs' Grant
- William BakewellTommy Osgood
- C. Aubrey SmithReverend Hastings
- Polly MoranAunt Maggie
- Alan MowbrayGordon Rich
- Forrester HarveySpencer Wilson
- Charles CrockettH.G. Smith
- Henry A. BarrowsHarvey Scott (as Henry Barrows)
- Sam McDanielJimmy, a Black Servant (uncredited)
- Robert McKenzieSecond Man on Train (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
crooked lawyerwomanizerplayboymurderlast will and testamentpre-codeframed for murderprotective fathershadow on wallperfect murderimminent weddinghasty marriage