The read
It runs a compact 1h 10m.
Synopsis
Discovering that he has only a brief time to live Louisiana plantation owner Andres Miro makes arrangements to marry his young ward, Jacqueline Lanier, so when he dies, she will inherit his fortune. One of Jacqueline’s rejected suitors, Jack Calhoun kills Miro in a fit of anger, then shoots himself. A sleazy local reporter, looking to make a name for himself, drafts a story about the incident painting Jacqueline as responsible for the deaths of both men due to her infidelity. Big trouble and heartbreak follows.
Ratings
TMDB9/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- John Griffith WrayDirector
- Bradley KingScreenplay
Cast
- May McAvoyJacqueline Lanier
- Lloyd HughesCast
- Eric MayneCast
- Winter HallCast
- James CorriganCast
- Louise LesterConsuelo
- Eugenie BessererMadame Cervanez