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| Loretta Young | ... |
Lady Helen Dearden
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Sir Alan Dearden
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Lewis Stone | ... |
General Lawrence
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| Roland Young | ... |
Bunny
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Jessie Ralph | ... |
Lady Hathaway
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Dudley Digges | ... |
Metford
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| Henry Daniell | ... |
Hugh Lewis
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Robert Greig | ... |
Henderson
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E.E. Clive | ... |
Lord Hathaway
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Wallis Clark | ... |
Grainger
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John Buckler | ... |
Defense Counsel
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Aileen Pringle | ... |
Diana Roggers
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A woman tries to save her husband, a prosecutor, from a man who is threatening to blackmail him using letters he has written to an ex-mistress.
Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, Lewis Stone, Roland Young, and Henry Daniell are all involved in "The Unguarded Hour," a 1936 film directed by Sam Wood.
Young plays Lady Dearden, a newlywed whose husband's (Tone) promising career as a prosecutor is threatened by letters he wrote to another woman before he was married. The blackmailer (Daniell) gives Lady Dearden some complicated instructions by which to deliver the money to him. She follows his instructions but in doing so, she becomes the only witness in a case her husband is trying. Though a man's life is at stake, she doesn't want her husband to know of the incident.
Pretty good if talky film, with the 23-year-old young stealing every scene in which she appears with her glorious looks and gentle quality. There are still beautiful actresses, but Young truly had a special look and a gentility we probably won't see again. Franchot does a good job as her handsome husband, and Roland Young is delightful as a family friend. Henry Daniell, who played slimeballs so well, plays a slimeball here.
Enjoyable.