A Free Soul (1931)
June 2, 1931Release Date
A Free Soul (1931)
June 2, 1931Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Norma Shearer
Jan Ashe
Leslie Howard
Dwight Winthrop
Lionel Barrymore
Stephen Ashe
Clark Gable
Ace Wilfong
James Gleason
Eddie
Lucy Beaumont
Grandma Ashe
Roscoe Ates
Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)
Ann Brody
Hamburger Saleslady (uncredited)
Edward Brophy
Slouch (uncredited)
James Donlan
Reporter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)
Clarence Burton
Detective
Francis Ford
Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
George Irving
Defense Attorney Johnson (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Judge (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
Casino Valet (uncredited)
Frank Sheridan
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Casino Official Ed (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
Drug Store Proprietor (uncredited)
E. Alyn Warren
Ace's Butler Bottomley (uncredited)
Adela Rogers St. Johns
Novel
Clarence Brown
Director
Willard Mack
Theatre Play
Becky Gardiner
Adaptation / Screenplay
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A Free Soul is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film that tells the story of an alcoholic San Francisco defense attorney who must defend his daughter's ex-boyfriend on a charge of murdering the mobster she had started a relationship with, who he had previously gotten an acquittal for on a murder charge. Directed by Clarence Brown it stars Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, and Clark Gable.A Free Soul became famous for Barrymore's climactic courtroom monologue that is said to be the main reason he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 4th Academy Awards that year. Gable made such an impression in the role of a gangster who pushes Shearer around that he was catapulted from supporting player to leading man, a position he held for the rest of his career.