Portia on Trial

Will Not Interest Children!

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
• Runtime
• 72 min
• Genres
• Crime, Drama
• Director
• George Nichols Jr.

Cast

Walter Abel Dan Foster Frieda Inescort Portia Merriman Neil Hamilton Earle Condon Heather Angel Elizabeth Manners Ruth Donnelly Jane Wilkins Barbara Pepper Evelyn Clarence Kolb John Condon Anthony Marsh Richard Conlan