The read
It runs a compact 1h 16m.
Synopsis
Jury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His daughter Stella claims to have killed her lover, the gangster Garboni, just as Saxon was to sit in the electric chair.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
28 audience votes
Key crew
- Chester ErskineDirector
- Chester ErskineWriter
Cast
- Humphrey BogartGar Boni
- Sidney FoxStella Weldon
- O. P. HeggieEdward Weldon
- Henry HullNolan
- Margaret WycherlyMrs. Weldon
- Lynne OvermanJoe Biggers
- Cora WitherspoonElizabeth McGrath
- Richard WhorfArthur Weldon
- Granville BatesRichard McGrath
- Katherine WilsonAda Biggers
- Moffat JohnstonDistrict Attorney Plunkett
- Henry O'NeillEdgar V. Ingersoll
Stills
Themes
death sentencepre-code