Strange Justice (1932)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Victor Schertzinger

Writer:

William A. Drake (story)

Release Date:

7 October 1932 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Socialite banker Henry Judson maintains his extravagant lifestyle by embezzling from his bank, but is...

Plot Keywords:

Hat Check Girl | Banker | False Arrest | Roommate | Chauffeur

Cast

Marian Marsh	...	Rose Abbott
Reginald Denny	...	Henry I. Judson
Richard Bennett	...	Kearney
Norman Foster	...	Wally Baker
Irving Pichel	...	L.D. Waters
Nydia Westman	...	Gwen
Thomas E. Jackson	...	Smith (as Thomas Jackson)

Also Known As:

All the Evidence (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

64 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #1542-R: 13 September 1935 for re-release) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

Company:

J.G. Bachmann Productions

Trivia:

A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television archives.

Strangely intriguing...

Marian Marsh and Norman Foster are a couple of likable young kids in love whose path together turns rocky when an embezzling banker is apparently knocked off and chauffeur Foster is fingered for the crime. Amusingly complicated narrative peopled with a wild array of supporting characters (a wisecracking roommate, a shady blackmailer, a bleeding-heart lawyer, a stuttering auto-mechanic, an old maid landlady, etc.). Despite some overacting, this curious early talkie doesn't creak too much, and director Victor Schertzinger has a snappy sense of pacing and a good eye for details. It all leads to a nick-of-time climax, which is pulled off with aplomb. **1/2 from ****