When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
| Tagline | The jury finds her innocent... well not too innocent! |
| Release Date: | Aug 07, 1940 |
| Genres: | Romance, Comedy, Drama |
| Production Company: | Columbia Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Casts: | Brian Aherne, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Irene Rich, George Coulouris, Lloyd Corrigan, Evelyn Keyes, Edward Norris, Curt Bois, Frank Reicher, Sumner Getchell |
| Status: | Released |
| Budget: | $0 |
| Revenue: | 0 |
Brian Aherne is quite good in this comedy drama. He is an enthusiastic juror who having convinced his colleagues to acquit "Natalie" (Rita Hayworth) of a charge of murder after she attempted to extort money from her beau, offers her a job in his family bicycle shop. He keeps her identity secret. Soon his son "Pierre" (Glenn Ford) is really pretty smitten and their normally ordered life starts to become a little bit hectic. At times, this is really quite enjoyable - Aherne is on good form (he reminded me a bit of Robert Donat), with a quickly paced script and a few red herrings about the girl's guilt or innocence to keep the plot interesting. The ending is a little bit contrived, but it is still not a bad reimagining of "Gribouille" (1937).
