The Lady in Question (1940)

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Columbia's The Lady in Question is a remake of the French Gribouille, a Raimu vehicle from 1939. Brian Aherne plays Andre Morestan, the seeming contently paterfamilias of a bourgeois Parisian family. Summoned for jury duty, Morestan at first believes that accused murderess Natalie Rougin (Rita… More Columbia's The Lady in Question is a remake of the French Gribouille, a Raimu vehicle from 1939. Brian Aherne plays Andre Morestan, the seeming contently paterfamilias of a bourgeois Parisian family. Summoned for jury duty, Morestan at first believes that accused murderess Natalie Rougin (Rita Hayworth) is guilty, but eventually takes pity on the homeless girl and invites her to live with his family after her acquittal. Things get pretty dicey when Morestan's impressionable young son Pierre (Glenn Ford) falls in love with the enigmatic Natalie and begins committing petty crimes to finance their elopement-leading to a situation not unlike the one that got the girl arrested in the first place! In the original Gribouille, it was abundantly clear that both father and son had a yen for their pretty guest, but this menage a trois has been toned down in the Hollywood version, with Morestan remaining more or less faithful to his long-suffering wife Michelle (Irene Rich). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 21 min.
Directed By: Charles Vidor
Genres: Drama, Classics, Comedy

In Theaters: Aug 7, 1940 Wide

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Cast

            Glenn Ford as Pierre Morestan

            Rita Hayworth as Natalie Rouguin

            Brian Aherne as Andre Morestan

            Irene Rich as Michele Morestan

            George Coulouris as Defense Attorney

            Lloyd Corrigan as Prosecuting Attorney

            Evelyn Keyes as Francoise Morestan

            Edward Norris as Robert LaCoste

            Curt Bois as Henri Lurette

            Frank Reicher as President of the Court

            Sumner Getchell as Fat Boy

            Nicholas Bela as Nicholas Farkas

            Louis Adlon as Court Clerk

            Leon Belasco as Barber

            Mary Bovard as Miss Morlet

            Dorothy Burgess as Antoinette

            James B. Carson as Wine Salesman

            Vernon Dent as Gendarme

            Fern Emmett as Nathalie Roguin

            Harrison Greene as Jury Foreman

            Carlton Elliott Griffin
            
            Earl Gunn as Angry Juror

            Eddie Laughton as Bit

            Theodore Lorch as Juror

            Ralph Peters as Pedestrian

            Jack Rice as Newly Married Juror

            William Stack as Mariner

            Julius Tannen as Judge

            William Castle as Juror

            Hamilton MacFadden as Guard

            Frank Pharr as Juror

            Fred Rapport as Alternate Juror

            Alex Palasthy
            
            Emma Tansey as Flower Woman

            George Davis as Customer

            Ronald Alexander as Juror

            Jack Raymond as Expressman
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