True Confession (1937)
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Directors
Wesley Ruggles
Cast
Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore, Una Merkel
The story
Helen Bartlett is married to Ken Bartlett, a lawyer with high principles. She is a fiction "writer" but is not making any progress on her book. It is unclear why, but currently, Ken's criminal law practice is in a slump; still, he refuses to defend anyone whom he knows is guilty.
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Crime Comedy, Daffy Comedy, crime film, screwball comedy film
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