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Featuring:
Lionel Barrymore, Kay Francis, Madge Evans
Written by:
Bayard Veiller
Directed by:
W.S. Van Dyke, Lionel Barrymore
Release Date:
August 22, 1931
Original Title:
Guilty Hands
Genres:
Crime | Drama
Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 69
A district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and then tries framing the fiancé's lover.
Richard Grant is a lawyer who believes that murder under certain circumstances is justifiable. Richard's daughter, Barbara, takes her dad to a dinner party hosted by Richard's old friend, wealthy playboy, Gordon Rich. Gordon tells Richard that he and Barbara plan to marry. Richard threatens Gordon's life if he marries Barbara. Richard is unaware that Barbara has no plans to marry Gordon, and she's in love with Tommy Osgood. Richard enraged of the thought of Barbara marrying Gordon goes into Gordon's room, undetected, and kills him...Has Richard committed the perfect crime?
Art Direction:
Cedric Gibbons
Assistant Director:
Al Shenberg
Costume Designer:
René Hubert
Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Director of Photography:
Merritt B. Gerstad
Editor:
Anne Bauchens
Producer:
Hunt Stromberg
Screenplay:
Bayard Veiller
Screenstory:
Bayard Veiller
Sound Director:
Douglas Shearer
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