... not what it could have been. I'm always willing to check out a Myrna Loy/William Powell pairing, which is why I chose this one. William Powell is surprisingly good in a serious role, while Myrna Loy makes what she can of her dutiful-wife-and-mother character. The first half of the movie is quite promising, but it gets both clichéd and unbelievable in the courtroom scene in the second half. I was disappointed, because I think they really could have made something of this movie, and they didn't. As someone else has said, Una Merkel is great as Loy's best friend, while Cora Sue Collins as the couple's precious little daughter mostly makes me grit my teeth (I know, good child actors are hard to find at any time!). If you're an ML/WP fan, go for it, if not, there are other golden oldies you should probably see first!