Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather Angel), who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle Condon (Neil Hamilton)..
Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s courtroom dramas where everyone talks at a million miles an hour, you will probably dig Portia on Trial. It is not exactly high art, but it’s a tight little watch if you just want to see a lawyer be very clever in a room full of people in suits. People who hate b...
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George Nicholls Jr.
Dallas M. Fitzgerald
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s courtroom dramas where everyone talks at a million miles an hour, you will probably dig Portia on Trial. It is not exactly high art, but it’s a tight little watch if you just want to see a lawyer be very clever in a room full of people in suits. People who hate black-and-white talkies or get annoyed by 'damsel in distress' tropes might want to skip this one, though. Frieda Inescort is honestly the whole reason to be here. She plays Portia..."
Hobart Bosworth
Samuel Ornitz, Faith Baldwin, Edward E. Paramore Jr.
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