Thru Different Eyes

Thru Different Eyes

1929 · 55 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

Harvey Manning is placed on trial for the murder of Jack Winfield, his closest friend, whose body was found in the Manning home. During the trial, the prosecuting and the defense attorneys put forward sharply different versions of the character of Manning and his wife, Viola, and of the events leading up to the murder. The jury returns a verdict of guilty, but a young girl then comes forward and confesses that she killed Winfield for having wronged her.

Directed by John G. Blystone · Written by Edna Sherry

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Mary Duncan Viola
Edmund Lowe Harvey Manning
Warner Baxter Jack Winfield
Natalie Moorhead Frances Thornton
Earle Foxe Howard Thornton
Donald Gallaher Spencer
Florence Lake Myrtle
Sylvia Sidney Valerie Briand
Selmer Jackson King (defense attorney)
Nigel De Brulier Maynard
Stepin Fetchit Janitor
DeWitt Jennings Paducah

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