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“It could happen to so many married women!”
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Ted Darby
In London, barrister Anthony Keane takes the case of Maddalena Paradine, a beautiful woman accused of poisoning her blind husband. Though happily married, Keane becomes infatuated with his enigmatic client and convinced of her innocence. His obsession clouds his judgment as he builds a defense implicating her servant, André Latour—an act that leads to devastating consequences both in court and at home.