Accused was truly an international production. American Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Mexican Dolores Del Rio are the stars and it was a British film set in France. Fairbanks and Del Rio are an Apache dance team who think they've finally gotten a big break by going in the cast of a big revue.
Unfortunately the star of the revue Florence Desmond takes a dislike to Del Rio and develops a yen for Fairbanks. They get canned and Del Rio confronts Desmond and finds her dead, stabbed with a knife that is part of the Fairbanks/Del Rio act.
The first half of Accused is backstage drama. The other half is a courtroom drama with Fairbanks as a self appointed detective trying to locate a witness who can clear his partner. When he's located we learn something about Del Rio and of course who the real guilty party is. If it wasn't Del Rio there was a long list of suspects as Desmond was someone, everyone wanted to kill.
Some nice musical numbers in the first half. Fairbanks is graceful though no threat to Fred Astaire. In the courtroom part, Basil Sydney as Del Rio's defense attorney wins acting honors for the film.
OK entertainment, but Accused will never make the top 10 for Fairbanks or Del Rio.
Unfortunately the star of the revue Florence Desmond takes a dislike to Del Rio and develops a yen for Fairbanks. They get canned and Del Rio confronts Desmond and finds her dead, stabbed with a knife that is part of the Fairbanks/Del Rio act.
The first half of Accused is backstage drama. The other half is a courtroom drama with Fairbanks as a self appointed detective trying to locate a witness who can clear his partner. When he's located we learn something about Del Rio and of course who the real guilty party is. If it wasn't Del Rio there was a long list of suspects as Desmond was someone, everyone wanted to kill.
Some nice musical numbers in the first half. Fairbanks is graceful though no threat to Fred Astaire. In the courtroom part, Basil Sydney as Del Rio's defense attorney wins acting honors for the film.
OK entertainment, but Accused will never make the top 10 for Fairbanks or Del Rio.