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The Lady in Question (1940)

The jury finds her innocent... well not too innocent!

Director: Charles Vidor

Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama

Writer: Marcel Achard, Jan Lustig

Runtime: 1h 20m

Release: 7 Aug, 1940

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Cast

Brian Aherne, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Irene Rich, George Coulouris

Overview

When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.

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Brian Aherne is quite good in this comedy drama. He is an enthusiastic juror who having convinced his colleagues to acquit "Natalie" (Rita Hayworth) of a charge of murder after she attempted to extort money from her beau, offers her a job in his family bicycle shop. He keeps her identity secret. Soon his son "Pierre" (Glenn Ford) is really pretty smitten and their normally ordered life starts to become a little bit hectic. At times, this is really quite enjoyable - Aherne is on good form (he reminded me a bit of Robert Donat), with a quickly paced script and a few red herrings about the girl's guilt or innocence to keep the plot interesting. The ending is a little bit contrived, but it is still not a bad reimagining of "Gribouille" (1937).

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