Harvey Manning is placed on trial for the murder of Jack Winfield, his closest friend, whose body was found in the Manning home. During the trial, the prosecuting and the defense attorneys put forward sharply different versions of the character of Manning and his wife, Viola, and of the events leading up to the murder. The jury returns a verdict of guilty, but a young girl then comes forward and confesses that she killed Winfield for having wronged her.
Cast
Mary Duncan
Viola
Edmund Lowe
Harvey Manning
Warner Baxter
Jack Winfield
Natalie Moorhead
Frances Thornton
Earle Foxe
Howard Thornton
Donald Gallaher
Spencer
Florence Lake
Myrtle
Sylvia Sidney
Valerie Briand
Selmer Jackson
King (defense attorney)
Nigel De Brulier
Maynard
Stepin Fetchit
Janitor
DeWitt Jennings
Paducah
Arthur Stone
Crane
Lola Salvi
Maid
George Lamont
Traynor
Dolores Johnson
Anna
Natalie Warfield
Aline Craig
Jack Jordan
Reporter
Marian Spitzer
Reporter
Stanley Blystone
Reporter
Stuart Erwin
Reporter
Frank Brownlee
Bit Part (uncredited)
Bobby Heck
Bit Part (uncredited)
Karen Morley
Bit Part (uncredited)
Purnell Pratt
Dist. Atty. Marston
Crew
John G. Blystone
Director
Tom Barry
Writer
Milton Herbert Gropper
Writer, Story
Edna Sherry
Story
Louis R. Loeffler
Editor
Al Brick
Director of Photography
Ernest Palmer
Director of Photography
Sophie Wachner
Costume Designer
Edmund H. Hansen
Sound
William Kernell
Original Music Composer
Dave Stamper
Original Music Composer