An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
as Jacqueline Fleuriot / Miss Pran / Madame X
as Bernard Fleuriot
as Raymond Fleuriot
as Maurice Dourel
as Hugh Fariman Jr.
as Lerocle
as Jean Rochin
as Helene
as Rose, Fleuriot's Houskeeper
as Annette
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Jul 18, 2025
When young lawyer “Raymond” (Raymond Hackett) is tasked with defending a self-confessed murderess, he tries to learn a little of just what drove her to commit a crime that she won’t explain nor attempt to hide from. It’s that retrospective that introduces us to “Madame X”. She (Ruth Chatterton) was a young woman married to an indifferent man “Louis…
