Overview

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.

Top Cast

Mary Duncan

Viola

Edmund Lowe

Harvey Manning

Warner Baxter

Jack Winfield

Natalie Moorhead

Frances Thornton

Earle Foxe

Howard Thornton

D

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