What Sinners Gets Right About Family, Fear, and the Fight to Stay Human
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Behind Stone Walls (1932)
Esther Clay, wife of District Attorney John Clay and mother of attorney Bob Clay, is having an affair with Jack Keene. Scorned by him Esther kills Jack. Bob comes to her defense and confesses to the shooting. The father prosecutes the son who receives a life imprisonment sentence. Jack Keene's butler Druggett knows the truth and blackmails Esther. Bob's girlfriend Peg Harper summons John Clay to the scene...
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Esther Clay, wife of District Attorney John Clay and mother of attorney Bob Clay, is having an affair with Jack Keene. Scorned by him Esther kills Jack. Bob comes to her defense and confesses to the shooting. The father prosecutes the son who receives a life imprisonment sentence. Jack Keene's butler Druggett knows the truth and blackmails Esther. Bob's girlfriend Peg Harper summons John Clay to the scene...
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Genre:Crime, Drama
Written By:George B. Seitz
In Theaters:7/13/1932
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Runtime:58 minutes
Studio:Action Pictures, Mayfair Pictures Corporation
Cast
Frank R. Strayer
Director
Edward Nugent
Bob Clay
Priscilla Dean
Esther Clay
Ann Christy
Peg Harper - Bob's Girlfriend
Robert Elliott
District Attorney John Manson Clay
Robert Ellis
Jack Keene - Man-about-Town
George Chesebro
Druggett - Blackmailing Butler
Vance Carroll
Reporter at Trial (uncredited)
Allan Cavan
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Stanley Mack
Reporter at Trial (uncredited)
Frank Meredith
Court Guard (uncredited)
Harold Nelson
Judge (uncredited)
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