The thriller that speaks right out!
The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent lawyer who shocks his snooty friends, family and colleagues by abruptly abandoning his successful practice and his wife to find true happiness. He soon falls in love with another woman and continues to keep a low profile until he learns that his first wife stands accused of murdering him
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Henry Wilcoxon
James Blake
Betty Furness
Charlotte Brown
Sidney Blackmer
George Sartos
Evelyn Brent
Ilka Blake
Barnett Parker
Roger
Mel Ruick
Andrew
Wade Boteler
Floyd, the sheriff
Si Jenks
Earl
John Wray
Shane
Guy Usher
Police Lieutenant
Robert Homans
Sergeant
Arthur Aylesworth
Joe Reed
Byron Foulger
Supporting Role
Harry Antrim
Inspector A.R. Lahey
Edward Hearn
Meeting Moderator (uncredited)
Phil Rosen
Director
Lester Cole
Screenplay
Nathanael West
Screenplay
Rupert Hughes
Story
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Story
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Story
Rita Weiman
Story
John Erskine
Story
Nat Levine
Producer
Ernest Miller
Director of Photography
Hugo Riesenfeld
Original Music Composer
Robert L. Simpson
Editor
Eloise
Costume Design
