

The Acquittal
DirectorClarence Brown
“WHO KILLED ANDREW PRENTICE? That is the question you will have to solve in THE AQUITAL.”
When a wealthy man is found murdered in his bedroom, one of his two adopted sons is arrested and charged with the killing. However, the verdict at his trial is an acquittal. Since the police don't seem to be particularly interested in finding the real killer, the dead man's daughter-in-law--the wife of the adopted son who wasn't charged--takes it upon herself to solve the crime.
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Cast

Claire Windsor
Madeline Ames

Norman Kerry
Robert Armstrong

Richard Travers
Kenneth Winthrop (as Richard C. Travers)

Barbara Bedford
Edith Craig
Charles Wellesley
Andrew Prentice

Frederick Vroom
Carter Ames

Ben Deeley
Butler

Harry Mestayer
District Attorney

Emmett King
Minister

Dot Farley
Maid

Hayden Stevenson
Taxi Driver

Mildred Manning
Mrs. Crown
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