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The Woman Under Oath

  • 1919
  • 1h 1m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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Florence Reed in The Woman Under Oath (1919)
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After a foreword introduces the question of whether women are temperamentally suited for jury duty, young shipping clerk Jim O'Neil is found holding a revolver over his dead employer, Edward... Read allAfter a foreword introduces the question of whether women are temperamentally suited for jury duty, young shipping clerk Jim O'Neil is found holding a revolver over his dead employer, Edward Knox. Celebrated novelist Grace Norton, selected to be on the jury at Jim's trial, become... Read allAfter a foreword introduces the question of whether women are temperamentally suited for jury duty, young shipping clerk Jim O'Neil is found holding a revolver over his dead employer, Edward Knox. Celebrated novelist Grace Norton, selected to be on the jury at Jim's trial, becomes New York's first female juror. Although Jim pleads innocence, he refuses to elaborate un... Read all

  • Director
    • John M. Stahl
  • Stars
    • Florence Reed
    • Hugh Thompson
    • Gareth Hughes
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    29
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    • Director
      • John M. Stahl
    • Stars
      • Florence Reed
      • Hugh Thompson
      • Gareth Hughes
    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
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    Florence Reed
    Florence Reed
    • Grace Norton
    Hugh Thompson
    Hugh Thompson
    • John Schuyler
    Gareth Hughes
    Gareth Hughes
    • Jim O'Neil
    David Powell
    David Powell
    • Edward Knox
    Florida Kingsley
    • Mrs. O'Neil
    Mildred Cheshire
    • Helen
    May McAvoy
    May McAvoy
    • Edith Norton
    Harold Entwistle
    Harold Entwistle
    • The Judge
    Tom McGuire
    Tom McGuire
    • District Attorney
    • (as Thomas McGuire)
    Walter McEwen
    • Defense Attorney
    Edward Brennan
    Edward Brennan
    • Clerk of the Court
    Frank De Camp
    • Jury Foreman
    Edward Elkas
    Edward Elkas
    • A Juror
    • (as Edward Elkus)
    Jane Jennings
    • Director
      • John M. Stahl
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    3richardchatten

    Elegantly Appointed Hokum

    It's repeated depiction via flashback of the murder that places the heroine under oath prompts interesting comparisons with 'Rashomon'; but beneath its sleek, sophisticated veneer lies an increasingly overwrought and preposterous piece of hokum eventually resolved by such an outrageous coincidence that even the scriptwriter felt it necessary to have a character explain it as an act of God.

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      This film survives in the BFI/National Film And Television Archive (London).

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    • Release date
      • June 29, 1919 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Den edsvurna
    • Production company
      • Tribune Productions Inc.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 1 minute
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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