She broke a child. Now she's trying to fix him before he can speak her crime.
A woman, distraught because of her recent miscarriage, accidentally injures a child in a hit-and-run accident, but she keeps the incident a secret. Overcome with guilt and remorse, she seeks out the child in the hospital and attempts to help him regain his speech, even though, if successful, it might mean he will implicate her for the crime.
Acting
Loretta Young's trembling restraint—guilt without confession.
Direction
Maté's shadowy close-ups turn therapy into interrogation.
Director
Rudolph Maté
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