The Law in Her Hands

Margaret Lindsay and Glenda Farrell are new lawyers who open their own office and soon find they have no customers. Lindsay falls for Warren Hull, who works in the D. A.'s office. When he tries to one-up her on a case, she resorts to a little trickery to win, which sets her down the road to working with a racketeer (Lyle Talbot). Soon the dough is rolling in. Then Talbot is accused of a serious crime, and wounds Hull. Will Lindsay save the day? The ending could have been really good, but the film falls back on a pat finale.

Farrell doesn't get as much airtime as Lindsay, and when she does, it's mostly for wisecracks. Eddie Acuff supplies some comic relief as a process server who collects various contusions, abrasions, and broken bones in the course of serving papers. In a running gag, he looks more beat up in every scene, progressing from a few small bandages when he first appears on screen, to his arm in a sling, to needing crutches, and ending up in a wheelchair during the final scene. I guess this stuff is hilarious if you happen to be the Marquis de Sade. Lindsay is very cute, but I got a little tired of her pronouncing every "a" as "ah." "Let me ahsk you something." "There is a chahnce."

I cahn't take this.