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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0 有用 karate hippo 看过 2020-03-10 21:44:57
这部，当年票房大卖，后来还获得了民意调查的1931年十佳之一。作为一部前法典电影，点显然是这个自由女性，简直是性解放什么都解放当代女性，估计当时的保守派看了要崩溃，但这部和其他刻意把卖点放在女性上的不同，这部男女戏份平均，基本上都有不错的发挥，所以后世的好评也是合情合理。值得注意的是， 瑙玛·希拉的第一套裙子，辣么薄，里面又没穿。。。
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 紫衣雨露 看过 2023-05-03 22:54:50 浙江
2023-05-03/优酷 黑白爱情1/女主放弃婚约，与赌场老板盖博同居，未婚夫杀盖博，女主酗酒律师父亲帮助未婚夫赢得官司，属于正当防卫无罪释放。女主与未婚夫在一起。优酷最后一段无视频。
1 有用 451½°F™ 看过 2021-07-08 20:20:04
「男人不坏，女人不爱」的逆向呈现，将女性青春期的「叛逆」导致的追求「非正常人生」与配偶理解为当时文化环境下的「女性（自由）/独立」，反而是丑化与异化女性，这个本质上和「荡妇羞辱」并无区别。
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)