Portia on Trial (1937)
Will Not Interest Children!
72 min
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!
- Release date
- November 8, 1937
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Walter Abel as Dan Foster
- Frieda Inescort as Portia Merriman
- Neil Hamilton as Earle Condon
- Heather Angel as Elizabeth Manners
- Ruth Donnelly as Jane Wilkins
- Barbara Pepper as Evelyn
- Clarence Kolb as John Condon
- Anthony Marsh as Richard Conlan
- Paul Stanton as Judge
- George Cooper as Efe
Crew
- George Nicholls Jr. · Director
- Faith Baldwin · Writer
- Samuel Ornitz · Writer
- Edward E. Paramore Jr. · Writer
- Harry J. Wild · Cinematographer
- Howard O'Neill · Editor
- Murray Seldeen · Editor