I Wouldn't Recommend "The Last House" If It Was The Last Movie On Earth
The film is bogged down with one-off rain monster threats that always come to a quick and undramatic end
The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929)
Broadway showgirl Mary Dugan is charged with murder in the knifing death of her wealthy lover and goes on trial for her life. When her defense counsel appears to bungle his job, Mary's brother Jimmy, a newly-licensed attorney, jumps into the case to defend his sister. Jimmy's courtroom style is unconventional, but he seems to be holding his own against the prosecuting attorney—until a surprise testimony changes the course of the trial...
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Broadway showgirl Mary Dugan is charged with murder in the knifing death of her wealthy lover and goes on trial for her life. When her defense counsel appears to bungle his job, Mary's brother Jimmy, a newly-licensed attorney, jumps into the case to defend his sister. Jimmy's courtroom style is unconventional, but he seems to be holding his own against the prosecuting attorney—until a surprise testimony changes the course of the trial...
Rating:NR
Genre:Drama, Crime
Written By:Becky Gardiner
In Theaters:6/8/1929
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Runtime:114 minutes
Studio:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Bayard Veiller
Director
Norma Shearer
Mary Elizabeth Dugan
Lewis Stone
Edward West
H.B. Warner
District Attorney Galway
Raymond Hackett
Jimmy Dugan
Lilyan Tashman
Dagmar Lorne
Olive Tell
Mrs. Gertrude Rice
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Marie Ducrot
DeWitt Jennings
Inspector Hunt
Wilfrid North
Judge Nash
Landers Stevens
Dr. Welcome
Mary Doran
Pauline Agguerro
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