
A woman is suspected of killing her husband after a revolver is found in her attic. A coroner is determined to prove that she did it, but thanks to the assistance of a quick-witted lawyer she is eventually found innocent.
Release Date: 12/1/1939
Runtime: 60 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Roy Boulting
00Companies: Charter Film Productions
Countries: United Kingdom
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This is quite a quirky little courtroom drama that illustrates some of the daftest elements of the ancient coroner's court practises. When "Margaret Hamilton" (Elizabeth Allan) is accused of her husband's murder, she appears before Herbert Lomas ("Thomas Knight") and his rather kangaroo court where luckily for her, she has a decent defence solicitor (Hay Petrie) who challenges the assumption that she is guilty and sets off to discover the truth. It's got two strong performances from a comically on-form Lomas and Petrie as the doughty K.C. who engage in a fun well written battle of wits. Hardly a vindication of the English judicial process but a great little watch.

Elizabeth Allan
Margaret Hamilton

Herbert Lomas
Thomas Knight

Hay Petrie
Stephen Neale

Barbara Everest
Mrs. Wyatt
Olive Sloane
Lily Prudence

Philip Friend
Richard Neale KC
Harold Anstruther
Sir Denton Hulme
Malcolm Morley
Dr. MacFarlane

Jean Shepherd
Mary Trelease
Charles Stephenson
William Trelease
Basil Cunard
Det. Insp. Mullin
Richard Coke
King's Head landlord