Everyman's Price

Everyman's Price is a taut, morally labyrinthine melodrama that interweaves courtroom theatrics with the personal disintegration of its protagonist, District Attorney Bruce Steele. As Steele grapples with the ethical implications of food profiteering, his pursuit of justice collides with the tangled web of familial obligation and romantic entanglement. The film’s narrative tension hinges on the collision between institutional authority and individual integrity, epitomized by Steele’s reluctant alliance with the enigmatic Ethel Armstrong. Her father’s culpability forces Steele into a precarious balancing act—between upholding the law and preserving his own emotional equilibrium. The climax, wherein Steele’s strategic dismissal of charges inadvertently catalyzes a cascade of revelations, is a masterclass in narrative subterfuge, culminating in a resolution that reframes moral victory as a compromise between public duty and private reconciliation.