Jury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His daughter Stella claims to have killed her lover, the gangster Garboni, just as Saxon was to sit in the electric chair.
Acting
Sidney Fox's unraveling—watch her eyes go from defiant to dead.
Direction
Erskine milks that midnight deadline for every sweaty second.
Production
Electric chair as setpiece—pre-code Hollywood went there.
Director
Chester Erskine
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