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Director
  
Lowell Sherman

Music director
  
Max Steiner

Cinematography
  
Jack MacKenzie

Country
  
United States

6.2/10
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Genre
  
Comedy, Mystery

Production
  
RKO Pictures

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Ladies of the Jury movie poster

Release date
  
February 5, 1932 (1932-02-05)

Based on
  
Ladies of the Jury  by John Frederick Ballard

Writer
  
John Frederick Ballard (play), Marion Dix (adaptation), Salisbury Field (dialogue), Eddie Welch (additional dialogue)

Cast
  
Edna May Oliver
(Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane),
Jill Esmond
(Mrs. Yvette Gordon),
Ken Murray
(Spencer B. Dazy),
Roscoe Ates
(Andrew MacKaig),
Kitty Kelly
(Mayme Mixter),
Cora Witherspoon
(Lily Pratt)

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Ladies of the Jury is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Lowell Sherman and written by Marion Dix, Edward Salisbury Field and Eddie Welch. The film stars Edna May Oliver, Jill Esmond, Ken Murray, Roscoe Ates and Kitty Kelly. The film was released on February 5, 1932, by RKO Pictures.

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Plot

Middle aged Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane (Edna May Oliver) is selected to serve on a jury. The case is the murder trial of ex-showgirl Yvette Gordon (Jill Esmond), accused of killing her rich elderly husband. Throughout the trial Mrs. Crane is outspoken but is able to ask the witnesses candid and important questions. At the end of the trial, Mrs. Crane casts the sole “not guilty” vote, causing a discussion. After lots of convincing and several votes, the count is ten not guilty to two guilty. During the deliberations, the wealthy Mrs. Crane secretly hires a detective agency to further investigate the case. They prove that Chauncy, Mr. Crane's nephew, paid the maid, Mrs. Snow, to lie under oath so Chauncy could inherit his uncle's entire estate.

Cast

  • Edna May Oliver as Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane
  • Jill Esmond as Mrs. Yvette Gordon
  • Ken Murray as Spencer B. Dazy
  • Roscoe Ates as Andrew MacKaig
  • Kitty Kelly as Mayme Mixter
  • Cora Witherspoon as Lily Pratt
  • Robert McWade as Judge Henry Fish
  • Helene Millard as Miss Evelyn Elaine Snow, Crane's Maid
  • Kate Price as Mrs. McGuire

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