On Such a Night(1937)
"YOU CAN FIX A JURY...BUT YOU CAN'T STOP A FLOOD! I'd have hung if the dam hadn't burst...and YOU framed me!"
When her husband is accused of murder, an actress tries to prove his innocence.
Movie: On Such a Night
Top 10 Billed Cast
Nicky Last
Gail Stanley
Joe Flynn
Ice Richmond
Mlle. Mimi [Candle]
Prof. Richard Candle
Col. Fentridge
Miss Belinda Fentridge
Guard Rumann
Horace Darwin
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