Stephen Ashe, a famous criminal lawyer, lives in San Francisco and is adored by his free-spirited daughter Jan.
One day, Stephen, a freethinker who drinks too heavily and hates everyone in his family except for Jan, is invited by Grandma Ashe to a family dinner. After extending the invitation, the snobbish Grandma Ashe warns Jan not to let Stephen drink that evening. As feared,...
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Stephen Ashe, a famous criminal lawyer, lives in San Francisco and is adored by his free-spirited daughter Jan.
One day, Stephen, a freethinker who drinks too heavily and hates everyone in his family except for Jan, is invited by Grandma Ashe to a family dinner. After extending the invitation, the snobbish Grandma Ashe warns Jan not to let Stephen drink that evening. As feared, Stephen does not heed her request, and she and the rest of the family are shocked when he arrives with Ace Wilfong, an underworld character whom Stephen is defending in a murder trial. Soon after Stephen introduces Ace to his family, he is appalled at their lack of hospitality, and he leaves with Ace. Jan, also upset with her family's reaction to Ace, follows them, leaving her stolid fiancé, Dwight Winthrop, behind. While driving home, Jan tells Ace that he is the first truly exciting man that she has met. Their drive is interrupted when their windshield is sprayed by bullets from the Hardy mob, who want to kill Ace. Ace and Jan begin a romance which results in Ace asking Stephen for permission to marry his daughter. Stephen denies Ace's request, but Jan continues to see him regardless. When Stephen comes home drunk from a casino bust one night, he and Jan make a pact to rid themselves of their vices. While Stephen promises to stop drinking, Jan swears off the troublesome Ace. Father and daughter then take a vacation in the mountains to get away from the temptations at home, but as soon as they return, they fall into their past habits. Jan's romance with Ace turns violent when he scolds her for leaving him. After attacking her, Ace demands that she marry him. Jan refuses and returns to Dwight, who has been attending Grandma Ashe on her deathbed. When Dwight witnesses Ace manhandling Jan, he becomes outraged and shoots him. Dwight then calls the police himself and, in order to protect Jan, tells them that he shot Ace over a gambling debt. At his trial, Dwight's defense flounders until Stephen arrives and takes over. Stephen immediately calls the killing a result of temporary insanity, and then declares that it is not Dwight who should be on trial, but he himself. Stephen argues that were it not for his allowing Jan to see Ace to begin with, the whole tragic affair could have been prevented. After calling Jan to the witness stand, Stephen becomes so impassioned that he collapses, suffers a heart attack and dies in his daughter's arms.
The jury subsequently finds Dwight innocent, and he and Jan leave for New York, where they plan to begin life anew.
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5 有用 DuoDuo🐿️ 看过 2014-03-01 13:55:47
艾诗利和瑞德提前8年的情场较量
3 有用 \t^h/ 看过 2011-11-26 00:34:15
看来pre-code时期男女关系方面的剧情很像现代家庭肥皂剧。。。最后15分钟的法庭戏还是很好看的，Lionel的表演确实值得拿奖。Shearer的特写多而刻意的像是一直在提醒观众“快看！这是MGM老板的妻子”。。。
0 有用 麦克斯韦 看过 2013-10-25 20:34:46
任性的女人害死了一大群人的故事，最后一段的法庭戏醉鬼老头的表演精彩
0 有用 橙子 看过 2014-03-27 20:39:40
3.5，盖博一出场就跟女主角放电，太低俗了，每次看莱昂·巴里摩尔的电影都是喜感先入为主，老戏骨终于凭借一部非喜剧染指影帝，出色的演技终于得到奖项的肯定，the secret of my success is never say die
2 有用 赱馬觀♣ 看过 2015-01-02 18:37:37
克拉克盖博与莱斯利霍华德在小十年前就成为情敌，这一组合模式很容易使观众不自觉地拿本片与乱世佳人去作对比。当然无论演技还是影视地位来说，瑙玛希拉的确无法与费雯丽并肩。但问题是，这位大律师女儿的角色定位原本也不该是斯嘉丽式的天使/魔鬼共身啊！她与父亲就保持了很紧密的关系，爱情上特立独行非是叛逆个性使然，很大程度上更像父亲言传所致：要做一个勇于挑战陈规敢于冒险犯错的人！可，爱上一个危险的黑帮酷哥，显然还... 克拉克盖博与莱斯利霍华德在小十年前就成为情敌，这一组合模式很容易使观众不自觉地拿本片与乱世佳人去作对比。当然无论演技还是影视地位来说，瑙玛希拉的确无法与费雯丽并肩。但问题是，这位大律师女儿的角色定位原本也不该是斯嘉丽式的天使/魔鬼共身啊！她与父亲就保持了很紧密的关系，爱情上特立独行非是叛逆个性使然，很大程度上更像父亲言传所致：要做一个勇于挑战陈规敢于冒险犯错的人！可，爱上一个危险的黑帮酷哥，显然还是冒过了头（其父戒酒一事上无法以身作则也是重要推手使其由失望痛苦到飞蛾投火）。结果，就有了影片后半程的事态失控和当庭反思。希拉自身偏柔趋温的演员特质倒也基本符合本片从自由浪漫轻喜转向保守警世悲剧的风格和主题……三星半。 (展开)