True Confession

December. 24,1937      NR
Rating:
6.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she can't seem to make up her mind as to whether she "dunnit" or not.

Carole Lombard as  Helen Bartlett
Fred MacMurray as  Kenneth Bartlett
John Barrymore as  Charles Jasper
Una Merkel as  Daisy McClure
Porter Hall as  Mr. Hartman
Edgar Kennedy as  Darsey
Lynne Overman as  Bartender
Irving Bacon as  Coroner
Fritz Feld as  Krayler's Butler
Richard Carle as  Judge

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