When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
Acting
Hayworth's courtroom glance that launched a thousand fantasies.
Direction
Vidor keeps three competing suitors in delicious tension.
Writing
The censors let shockingly suggestive dialogue slip through.
Director
Charles Vidor
Brian Aherne
Andre Morestan
Rita Hayworth
Natalie Roguin
Glenn Ford
Pierre Morestan
Irene Rich
Michele Morestan
George Coulouris
Defense Attorney
Lloyd Corrigan
Prosecuting Attorney
Evelyn Keyes
Francois Morestan
Edward Norris
Robert LaCoste
Curt Bois
Henri Lurette
Frank Reicher
President
Sumner Getchell
Fat Boy
Louis Adlon
First Court Clerk (uncredited)
Leon Belasco
Barber (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Glenn Ford's screen debut—and his first of many films with Hayworth, including Gilda. Their chemistry was immediate and studio-exploited for years.
Released just before stricter Code enforcement, it squeaks by with dialogue about 'compromising situations' that would vanish by 1941. A last gasp of 1930s permissiveness.
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