66%User score 66 percent
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949 · Thriller · Drama
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9 votes
I MADE ONE MISTAKE...AND I HAVE MORE THAN PAID FOR IT!
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.
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CinemaSerf
July 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” (Lewis Stone) whose unkindness drove her into the arms of another ma…
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