When $20,000,000 turns up missing and Nils Asther is tossed over his balcony to smash on the pavement, his private Ellen Drew faces murder charges. Ex-sailor Robert Preston helps her escape and track down the murder.
It's a very loose adaptation of Ayn Rand's hit Broadway play, WOMAN ON TRIAL, which takes place in the courtroom. It was a gimmick show in which a jury was chosen from the audience and they were to decide the case. Screenwriters Delmar Daves, Robert Pirosh and Eve Green used the play and expanded it very liberally, much to the disapproval of the author who,I am sure, cashed the check anyway.
The leads offer appealing performances, and William Clemens directs it for speed, with lots of interesting players int he cast, including Clarence Kolb, Cecil Kellaway, Alice White and Cliff Nazarro doing some nice doubletalk.
It's a very loose adaptation of Ayn Rand's hit Broadway play, WOMAN ON TRIAL, which takes place in the courtroom. It was a gimmick show in which a jury was chosen from the audience and they were to decide the case. Screenwriters Delmar Daves, Robert Pirosh and Eve Green used the play and expanded it very liberally, much to the disapproval of the author who,I am sure, cashed the check anyway.
The leads offer appealing performances, and William Clemens directs it for speed, with lots of interesting players int he cast, including Clarence Kolb, Cecil Kellaway, Alice White and Cliff Nazarro doing some nice doubletalk.