Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom like a stage and often winning his cases. Mobster Valentine Powers, who employs Cardigan and put him through school, asks him to represent a woman, June Perry, accused of prostitution. Cardigan agrees. But he never expected to fall for her, which is problematic since he's angling to become governor and will need the right kind of wife.
John Barrymore
as Tom Cardigan
Helen Twelvetrees
as June Perry
Jill Esmond
as Lillian Ulrich
William 'Stage' Boyd
as Valentine 'Vanny' Powers (as William Boyd)
Mary Duncan
as Nora Dean
Ralph Ince
as Second Trial Defense Attorney
Albert Conti
as Mario
Frederick Burton
as Second Trial Judge
C. Henry Gordon
as Attorney Graves
Paul Hurst
as Police Captain Morgan
Oscar Apfel
as Mr. Ulrich
Blanche Friderici
as Night Court Judge (uncredited)
