Portia on Trial (1937)
Directed by George Nichols Jr. · 72 min · Crime, Drama
0.9 TOPICAL score · #6,667 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Lady lawyer Portia Merryman defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners, who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle Condon. Ironically, Portia herself had once had a relationship with Earle Condon, but Earle's father, powerful publisher John Condon, forced them apart. She has a pretty good idea of what is going on in Elizabeth's head, since she herself was on the verge of killing Earle Condon when his father ruthlessly took custody of her illegitimate son. As Portia toils and strains to free her client, she carries on a romance with Dan Foster -- the attorney for the prosecution. LA Law and The Practice have nothing on this one!
Portia on Trial (1937, directed by George Nichols Jr.) has a TOPICAL score of 0.9 - ranked 6,667 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and historical impact, and lowest on cast. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Audiences: TMDB 5.8/10 (9 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 7 languages.
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- AudienceTMDB 5.8/10 (9 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 7 languages
- Still read127 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Walter Abel (actor #1,732), Frieda Inescort (actor #1,915), Neil Hamilton (actor #1,741), Heather Angel (actor #1,467)