Barrister Sir Alan Dearden (Franchot Tone) and his wife Lady Helen Dearden (Loretta Young) get blackmailed. He is on track to becoming the youngest Attorney General in England. The blackmailer has his love letters for someone else. While secretly paying it off, Helen happens upon a loving couple near a cliff. Later on, Alan is prosecuting that man for pushing his wife off the cliff. Helen could testify for the man but that would risk her husband's reputation.
This is a great premise. This is adapted from a play and sometimes this does feel like a play. While this hasn't had a modern remake, the basic premise is very much the classic falsely accused story. The fun for this one is the symmetry in the two cases although I would change the second case. It needs to tie up with the first case more closely.
This is a great premise. This is adapted from a play and sometimes this does feel like a play. While this hasn't had a modern remake, the basic premise is very much the classic falsely accused story. The fun for this one is the symmetry in the two cases although I would change the second case. It needs to tie up with the first case more closely.