Plot Summary:William Powell plays William Foster, a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing crooks and shady characters. He's adept at keeping them out of jail, winning acquittals, and having decisions reversed, thus springing criminals out of prison. He is romantically involved with dancer Irene Manners (Kay Francis), who is two-timing him, although she wants to marry him. She kills a man driving while out with her other man, Jack Defoe (Scott Kolk), who takes the blame. Unfortunately, a ring Foster had just given Irene is found at the crime scene. Foster ends up defending Jack, but when the ring is found, he thinks he is protecting Irene, so pleads guilty to jury tampering, which he had done for the first time to save Irene. After his plea, the the prosecuting DA confides that Jack would have gotten off...
虽然很满足代入感，然鹅。。。。WAT A TERRIBLE ENDING 第一次不喜欢KF的人设
结尾完全在我意料之外啊，pre-code时代果然更现实更成人化。 因为看过题材相近却方方面面都更精良的Counsellor at Law，对这部实在没太多感想。（头一次这么不喜欢Francis的角色，可最后那个纸条上的话又很让人感慨）