A Free Soul
A Free Soul is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film that tells the story of an alcoholic San Francisco defense attorney who must defend his daughter's ex-boyfriend on a charge of murdering the mobster she had started a relationship with, who he had previously gotten an acquittal for on a murder charge. Directed by Clarence Brown it stars Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, and Clark Gable.
Plot
Defense lawyer Stephen Ashe successfully defends known gangster Ace Wilfong from a murder charge, despite his knowledge of Ace's other illegal activities. His upper-class family has all but disowned him and his daughter Jan, due to Stephen's alcoholism and Jan's free spirited willfulness. Jan is engaged to clean-cut Dwight Winthrop, but their relationship is threatened when she meets Ace and becomes enamored of him and his exciting life.
Awards
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author | John Meehan |
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award | Academy Award for Best Actor |
contentLocation | San Francisco |
director | Clarence Brown |
editor | Hugh Wynn |
genre | drama |
keywords | camp cleanse disown drink engage free spirited gambling debt kill married murder charge new life |
musicBy | William Axt |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Director |
producer | Irving Thalberg |
productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
publisher | Loews Cineplex Entertainment |
theme | legal legal drama |