An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
Gladys George
as Jacqueline Fleuriot / Miss Pran / Madame X
Warren William
as Bernard Fleuriot
John Beal
as Raymond Fleuriot
Reginald Owen
as Maurice Dourel
William Henry
as Hugh Fariman Jr.
Henry Daniell
as Lerocle
Phillip Reed
as Jean Rochin
Lynne Carver
as Helene
Emma Dunn
as Rose, Fleuriot's Houskeeper
Ruth Hussey
as Annette
Luis Alberni
as Scipio
George Zucco
as Dr. LaFarge
