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True Confession is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Wesley Ruggles released in USA on 24 december 1937 with Carole Lombard

True Confession (1937)

True Confession
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Released in USA 24 december 1937
Length 1h25
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Comedy thriller,    Crime
Rating65% 3.294593.294593.294593.294593.29459

True Confession is a 1937 American screwball comedy film starring Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, and John Barrymore. It was directed by Wesley Ruggles and based on the play Mon Crime, written by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil. In 1946 it was remade as Cross My Heart.

Synopsis

Helen Bartlett (Carole Lombard) is the wife of the honest lawyer Ken (Fred MacMurray). She is a "writer" but cannot think of anything to write and instead lives in her fantasy world of telling lies. When she discovers that they are broke, she attempts to get Ken to take a case of a man who stole hams. Ken, who is scrupulously honest and will not defend a client who is guilty, finds out that the man really did steal the hams, and therefore does not take the case. Helen is forced to get a job as a secretary for businessman Otto Krayler (John T. Murray), a family friend. On her first day in his sumptuous apartment/office, he attempts to seduce Helen, which causes Helen to quit the job. However, she discovers that she accidentally left her hat and coat behind. She returns with her friend Daisy McClure (Una Merkel) only to find that Otto Krayler has been killed and $12,000 of missing money is the supposed motive. Police lieutenant Darcey (Edgar Kennedy) suspects Helen and take her into custody. To further complicate her situation, Helen spins multiple possible accounts of the murder, discussing how she might have done it in each scenario, but finally says that she had nothing to do with it.

Actors

Carole Lombard

(Helen Bartlett)Fred MacMurray

(Kenneth Bartlett)John Barrymore

(Charles Jasper)Una Merkel

(Daisy McClure)Porter Hall

(Mr. Hartman)
And :
Edgar Kennedy
Lynne Overman
Irving Bacon
Richard Carle
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