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A Free Soul

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Original title

A Free Soul

Year

1931

Running time

93 min.

Country

United States

Director

Clarence Brown

Screenwriter

Becky Gardiner, Willard Mack, John Meehan. Book: Adela Rogers St. Johns

Cast

Music

William Axt

Cinematography

William H. Daniels (B&W)

Producer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

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?

Awards: 1930: Oscar: Best Actor (Lionel Barrymore). 3 Nominations

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