An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
Acting
Lionel Barrymore's Oscar-winning courtroom meltdown.
Costume
Norma Shearer's silk robes that scandalized middle America.
Director
Clarence Brown
Norma Shearer
Jan Ashe
Leslie Howard
Dwight Winthrop
Lionel Barrymore
Stephen Ashe
Clark Gable
Ace Wilfong
James Gleason
Eddie
Lucy Beaumont
Grandma Ashe
Roscoe Ates
Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
Ann Brody
Hamburger Saleslady (uncredited)
Edward Brophy
Slouch (uncredited)
James Donlan
Reporter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)
Francis Ford
Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
George Irving
Defense Attorney Johnson (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Judge (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
Casino Valet (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Clark Gable's breakthrough role—his raw sexuality nearly got the film banned, and MGM deliberately leaked his 'unwashed' screen test to build notoriety.
The Hays Code enforcement in 1934 made films like this impossible for decades; Shearer's unapologetic sexuality here became a template for what censorship erased.
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