A Woman Is the Judge (1939)
Directed by Nick Grinde
Genres - Drama |
Release Date - Oct 3, 1939 (USA - Unknown), Oct 3, 1939 (USA) |
Run Time - 62 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The title tells all in Columbia's A Woman is the Judge. Frieda Inescourt stars as lady jurist Mary Cabot, who 20 years earlier had lost contact with her infant daughter Justine. Now a grown woman (played by Rochelle Hudson), Justine accidentally shoots a man who'd impugned the reputation of her mother, whom she's never met. As luck would have it, the presiding judge at Justine's trial is none other than Mary Cabot-who up until the film's climax never realizes that she's holding the fate of her own baby in her hands. Judge Cabot's solution to the problem is hardly a salutary comment on the American judicial system, but within the context of the film it's perfectly logical. Billed second, Otto Kruger plays prosecuting attorney Steve Graham, who harbors a secret crush on the good gray judge.
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killing, daughter, false-accusation, family, help, investigation, justice, lawyer, murder, precociousness, trial [courtroom]