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The Woman Accused (1933)

The Woman Accused (1933)

Drama

3 DAYS TO LIVE! 3 NIGHTS TO LOVE!

Release Date: 1933, February 17
Directors: Paul Sloane
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Nancy Carroll, Buster Brodie, Harry Holman, Gregory Golubeff, Gertrude Messinger, Steve Pendleton, Cary Grant, Larry Steers, Dolly Jarvis, Louis Calhern, Amo Ingraham, Dennis O'Keefe

Overview:

Jeffrey and Glenda are two lovers about to embark on a three-day cruise to nowhere. Their plan is to be married on board by the ship's captain. As Glenda is packing to leave, she receives a threatening phone call from her obsessed, former lover Leo. Glenda confronts Leo and tells him that it's over. Leo, a high-powered attorney calls a hit man to have Jeffrey eliminated. Glenda knocks Leo over the head before he can give the hit man a name. Leo is dead. Glenda sneaks back into her apartment, goes off on the cruise with Jeffrey and pretends that all is swell. Leo's partner, Stephen Bessemer, suspects Glenda and follows her to the ship. Bessemer stages a mock trial aboard the ship and cleverly draws a confession from Glenda. Jeffrey, also an attorney, represents Glenda when she is arrested upon arriving on shore. A skeptical district attorney, and the fact that Jeffrey horsewhips the star witness (the hit man), combine to get Glenda completely off the hook.

Keywords:

loyalty lawyer deception ex-lover persecution whipping threat of death hired killer abuse accidental killing manslaughter threatened woman possessiveness engagement pre-code cover-up attempt justifiable homicide man in love