Grand Jury

John Taylor is called for jury duty. He's not happy. He wants to get out but his father George argues for civic duty. It's a murder trial against gangster Joseph Britt. Tom Evans, the father of the murder victim, shoots Britt in the courtroom as the trial goes downhill. Tom is arrested for wounding the defendant. George Taylor turns out to be Tom's friend and he suggests to a cub reporter that Tom is going to name names.

If George is connected to the victim and John is desperate to get out of the trial, it seems to be a straight road with an obvious offramp. A conflict of interest should be an easy way to get out. The premise has a few holes. The movie is also trying very hard to be a screwball comedy. Non of it generates a laugh but the effort is surely there. They get to break a few fake glass windows. The funniest bit may be Monopoly and that's only because it's so stupid. All in all, it's not great at either drama nor comedy but it's almost good enough to pass. Fred Stone has a loveable senior personality and that goes some of the way. In the end, it doesn't go the rest of the way.