The Lady in Question

The Lady in Question(1940)

NR
08/07/1940 (US)Romance, Comedy, Drama1h 20m
6.6

"The jury finds her innocent... well not too innocent!"

Overview

When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.

Charles Vidor

Director

Marcel Achard

Story

Jan Lustig

Screenplay

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A review by CinemaSerf
6.0

Written on June 23, 2022

Brian Aherne is quite good in this comedy drama. He is an enthusiastic juror who having convinced his colleagues to acquit "Natalie" (Rita Hayworth) of a charge of murder after she attempted to extort money from her beau, offers her a job in his family bicycle shop. He keeps her identity secret. Soon his son "Pierre" (Glenn Ford) is really pretty smitten and their normally ordered life starts to become a little bit hectic. At times, this is really quite enjoyable - Aherne is on good form (he reminded me a bit of Robert Donat), with a quickly paced script and a few red herrings about the girl's guilt or innocence to keep the plot interesting. The ending is a little bit contrived, but it is still not a bad reimagining of "Gribouille" (1937).