A Free Soul (1931)
Director:
Clarence Brown
Tagline:
« She wasn’t a divorcee but she believed that strangers could kiss! »
Actors:
Jan Ashe
Dwight Winthrop
Stephen Ashe
Ace Wilfong
Eddie
Rating:
(3’216 votes)
(3’216 votes)
Quotes:
« Jan Ashe: Tell me, Eddie. Has he been drinking?
»
« Eddie: Well… uh…
»
« Jan Ashe: A lot?
»
« Eddie: Well, it wouldn't be a lot for a camel or one of them things.
»
« Ace Wilfong, Gangster Defendant: A lot of people don't believe that gag about being born equal.
»
« Stephen Ashe, Defense Attorney: I wish my mother belonged to some other family.
»
Runtime:93 minutes
Plots:
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
Stephen Ashe, an upper class alcoholic defense attorney, successfully defends local mobster Ace Wilfong in a murder case. After his daughter Jan Ashe breaks her engagement to polo player Dwight Winthrop and starts an affair with Wilfong, she finds that the liaison is not easily severed when she wants out. Winthrop earns Miss Ashe’s true affections by killing Wilfong to break his grip on her. Can Stephen Ashe save Winthrop with an impassioned defense speech to the jury?
