The Trial of Mary Dugan is a 1929 talking film produced and distributed by MGM and starring Norma Shearer. The film is based on the 1927 Broadway stage play, The Trial of Mary Dugan, by Bayard Veiller who also directed this film. On stage the play had starred Ann Harding (in Shearer's role), who would come to Hollywood a few years later at the beginning of talkies. This was Veiller's first and only sound film directorial effort as he had directed several silent films before 1922.Synopsis
Mary Dugan, une showgirl de Broadway, est accusé de l'assassinat de son riche amant, et va au procès de sa vie. Lorsque son avocat de la défense semble saboter son travail, le frère de Marie, Jimmy, jeune avocat lui aussi, entre dans la défense de sa sœur. Le style de Jimmy n'est pas conventionnel, mais il semble tenir sa propre ligne de défense contre le District Attorney Galway jusqu'à un témoignage surprise qui change le cours du procès.
Actors