55 minutes
4/13/1929
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.
Mary Duncan
as Viola
Edmund Lowe
as Harvey Manning
Warner Baxter
as Jack Winfield
Natalie Moorhead
as Frances Thornton
Earle Foxe
as Howard Thornton
Donald Gallaher
as Spencer
Florence Lake
as Myrtle
Sylvia Sidney
as Valerie Briand
Selmer Jackson
as King (defense attorney)
Nigel De Brulier
as Maynard
Stepin Fetchit
as Janitor
DeWitt Jennings
as Paducah