A district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and then tries framing the fiancé's lover.A district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and then tries framing the fiancé's lover.A district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and then tries framing the fiancé's lover.
- Harvey Scott
- (as Henry Barrows)
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
- Jimmy, a Black Servant
- (uncredited)
- Second Man on Train
- (uncredited)
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
- Chief of Police Bill Mott
- (uncredited)
- Johnny
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMadge Evans and Lionel Barrymore appeared again two years later, as father and daughter, in Dinner at Eight (1933).
- GoofsA 1918 Victrola does not get "PLUGGED IN", rather it is wound up like a clock.
- Quotes
Richard Grant: [to his daughter] Barbara, this man you want to marry is a beast about women. I mean that literally, he's just an animal - so that your wedding night, instead of being a thing of beauty that you'll remember all your life long of great happiness will be a horror and shame, so that no matter what happens afterward, even after he's gone and dead, the memory of that time will stay with you, spoil your life. It's a thing that you can't live down - a horror you'll never forget. I won't let it happen to you!
- SoundtracksBelieve Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
(uncredited)
Traditional music
Played by Kay Francis on harp and Charles Crockett on bass violin
Very nice direction and a particularly lively performance from Barrymore. Mowbray is only in the film for a brief time but he's sufficiently scuzzy to make you root for Lionel to get away with offing him. Kay Francis is good in her typically melodramatic fashion. The great C. Aubrey Smith is largely wasted in a minor role. Beautiful Madge Evans plays her part as well as can be expected given that the script makes her out to be a little bit of an airhead and a tease. She kisses her father on the mouth a lot and not just pecks either, which I found odd. But I've seen similar things in other films from the period so I'll just chalk that up to different sensibilities today. It's a good movie with an interesting twist at the end that some will probably see as a cop-out.
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- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
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