A young girl is being tried for murder. Her defense attorney attempts to show how her descent into a life of crime, prostitution and degradation was caused by her puritanical, religious fanatic mother.
Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a weird fascination with 1930s morality plays that are trying way too hard to be scandalous. If you like your movies subtle, skip this. If you want to see a courtroom drama where the lawyer is basically a therapist with a god complex, you might find something here to pi...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Jack Townley
William Parke
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a weird fascination with 1930s morality plays that are trying way too hard to be scandalous. If you like your movies subtle, skip this. If you want to see a courtroom drama where the lawyer is basically a therapist with a god complex, you might find something here to pick apart. It’s heavy-handed. Like, really heavy-handed. You know how some movies handle trauma with a scalpel? This movie uses a sledgehammer and then tries to paint it gold. The..."
Gertrude Astor
Jack Townley
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