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
- Directed By
- Charles Vidor
- Genres
- Classics, Comedy, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 7, 1940 Wide
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It serves as a showcase for Rita.
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Cast
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Glenn Ford
as Pierre Morestan
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Rita Hayworth
as Natalie Rouguin
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Brian Aherne
as Andre Morestan
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Irene Rich
as Michele Morestan
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George Coulouris
as Defense Attorney
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Lloyd Corrigan
as Prosecuting Attorney
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Evelyn Keyes
as Francoise Morestan
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Edward Norris
as Robert LaCoste
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Curt Bois
as Henri Lurette
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Frank Reicher
as President of the Court
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Sumner Getchell
as Fat Boy
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Nicholas Bela
as Nicholas Farkas
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Louis Adlon
as Court Clerk
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Leon Belasco
as Barber
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Mary Bovard
as Miss Morlet
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Dorothy Burgess
as Antoinette
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James B. Carson
as Wine Salesman
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Vernon Dent
as Gendarme
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Fern Emmett
as Nathalie Roguin
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Harrison Greene
as Jury Foreman
- Carlton Elliott Griffin
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Earl Gunn
as Angry Juror
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Eddie Laughton
as Bit
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Theodore Lorch
as Juror
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Ralph Peters
as Pedestrian
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Jack Rice
as Newly Married Juror
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William Stack
as Mariner
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Julius Tannen
as Judge
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William Castle
as Juror
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Hamilton MacFadden
as Guard
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Frank Pharr
as Juror
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Fred Rapport
as Alternate Juror
- Alex Palasthy
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Emma Tansey
as Flower Woman
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George Davis
as Customer
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Ronald Alexander
as Juror
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Jack Raymond
as Expressman
