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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...
general audience, movie lovers
murder, crime scene
United States of America
asBob Clay
asEsther Clay
asPeg Harper - Bob's Girlfriend
asDistrict Attorney John Manson Clay
asJack Keene - Man-about-Town
asDruggett - Blackmailing Butler
asReporter at Trial (uncredited)
asProsecuting Attorney (uncredited)
asCourt Guard (uncredited)
asJudge (uncredited)
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