

Madame X
I MADE ONE MISTAKE...AND I HAVE MORE THAN PAID FOR IT!
An alcoholic woman is charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
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- Language
- English
- banishment
- lawyer
- courtroom
- hidden identity
- murder trial
- fallen woman
- social scandal
- protective mother
- adulterous wife
- noble woman
- criminal defense attorney
- cruel husband
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR1 Oct 1937
RussiaSU
- Theatrical22 Aug 1955
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Madame X was released on 1 October 1937.
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CinemaSerf
7/18/2025
When young lawyer “Raymond” (Raymond Hackett) is tasked with defending a self-confessed murderess, he tries to learn a little of just what drove her to commit a crime that she won’t explain nor attempt to hide from. It’s that retrospective that introduces us to “Madame X”. She (Ruth Chatterton) was a young woman married to an indifferent man “Louis” (Lewis Stone) whose unkindness drove her into the arms of another ma…
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