“WHO KILLED ANDREW PRENTICE? That is the question you will have to solve in THE AQUITAL.”
When a wealthy man is found murdered in his bedroom, one of his two adopted sons is arrested and charged with the killing. However, the verdict at his trial is an acquittal. Since the police don't seem to be particularly interested in finding the real killer, the dead man's daughter-in-law--the wife of the adopted son who wasn't charged--takes it upon herself to solve the crime.
Clarence Brown
Jules Furthman
Raymond L. Schrock
Silvano Balboni
Claire Windsor
Madeline Ames
Norman Kerry
Robert Armstrong
Richard Travers
Kenneth Winthrop (as Richard C. Travers)
Barbara Bedford
Edith Craig
Charles Wellesley
Andrew Prentice
Frederick Vroom
Carter Ames
Ben Deeley
Butler
Harry Mestayer
District Attorney
Emmett King
Minister
Dot Farley
Maid
Hayden Stevenson
Taxi Driver
Mildred Manning
Mrs. Crown
... and 4 more
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