A Free Soul
1931 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Stephen Ashe, an upper class alcoholic defense attourney, successfully defends local mobster Ace Wilfong in a murder case. After his daughter Jan Ashe breaks her engagement to polo player Dwight Winthrop and starts an affair with Wilfong, she finds that the liason is not easily severed when she wants out. Winthrop earns Miss Ashe's true affections by killing Wilfong to break his grip on her. Now the question is, can Stephen Ashe save Winthrop with an impassioned defense speech to the jury?
Direction Clarence Brown
Cast Lionel Barrymore · Norma Shearer · Clark Gable · Leslie Howard · James Gleason · Lucy Beaumont
Soundtrack William Axt
Screenplay Becky Gardiner · Willard Mack · John Meehan · Adela Rogers St. Johns
Cinematography William H. Daniels
Original title A Free Soul
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