Madame X (1937)
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.
Top billed cast
Gladys GeorgeJacqueline Fleuriot / Miss Pran / Madame X
Warren WilliamBernard Fleuriot
John BealRaymond Fleuriot
Reginald OwenMaurice Dourel
William HenryHugh Fariman Jr.
Henry DaniellLerocle
Phillip ReedJean Rochin
Lynne CarverHelene
Emma DunnRose, Fleuriot's Houskeeper
Ruth HusseyAnnette
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