For the defense.
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A: Access PP: Positive Picture B: 800' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Silent 1899 Frank Reicher Director: Frank Reicher Paramount Pictures Corporation
William Foster (William Powell) is a criminal defense attorney so successful that prosecutors regard him as a menace. Foster is in love with actress Irene Manners (Kay Francis), and she loves him, but she wants to be married and he does not. Foster defends a man who planned a murder using explosives but is willing to mislead without actually lying. Foster bribes a juror to vote not guilty, hanging the jury.
William Foster (William Powell) is a criminal defense attorney so successful that prosecutors regard him as a menace. Foster is in love with actress Irene Manners (Kay Francis), and she loves him, but she wants to be married and he does not. Foster defends a man who planned a murder using explosives but is willing to mislead without actually lying. Foster bribes a juror to vote not guilty, hanging the jury.
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