A courtroom drama, it features a strong performance by Paul Muni as an attorney defending his son in disbarment proceedings.

An attorney, Scott Arlen, represents a girl, Peggy Maylin, accused of murder trial.

Sam Arlen is an aging lawyer who comes out of retirement to defend his son in the disbarment proceeding.

In The New York Times, Jack Gould praised Paul Muni's for a "commanding" and "extremely powerful" performance.

"[1] United Press television critic William Ewald was effusive in his praise for Muni's performance, calling it intelligent, authoritative, excessive but "all very right", a "calisthenic grab bag," and "a performance with salt and bite that dripped with brine.