The Woman Accused (1933)

  • NR
  • 02/17/1933 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 10m

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.

Paul Sloane

Director

Bayard Veiller

Screenplay

Cast

Nancy Carroll's headshot

Nancy Carroll

Glenda O'Brien
Cary Grant's headshot

Cary Grant

Jeffrey Baxter
John Halliday's headshot

John Halliday

Stephen Bessemer
Irving Pichel's headshot

Irving Pichel

District Attorney Clark
Louis Calhern's headshot

Louis Calhern

Leo Young
Norma Mitchell's headshot

Norma Mitchell

Martha
Jack La Rue's headshot

Jack La Rue

Little Maxie
Gertrude Messinger's headshot

Gertrude Messinger

Evelyn Craig

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