Career Woman

Dec 18, 1936

1h 16m

★ 6.0

"All I wanted was love... now you want to hang me!"

Overview

A young woman graduates from a New York City law school, returns to her small hometown, and finds her first case is defending a childhood friend accused of murder.

Genres

Crime

Romance

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Carroll Aiken

Claire Trevor

Barry Conant

Michael Whalen

Gracie Clay

Isabel Jewell

Uncle Billy Burly

Gene Lockhart

Everett Clark

Eric Linden

Fifi Brown

Virginia Field

Doc Curley

Edward Brophy

Chris Erleson

El Brendel

Bede Sanders

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

George Rogers

Sterling Holloway

Matt Clay

Charles Middleton

Edith Clark

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