the ever graceful and dynamic loretta young have a deservedly long movie career from the silent era until the early 1950 . she then turn to television with the popular letter to loretta and where she be well remembered for her entrance sashaying through a door wear a swirling skirt . the unguarded hour be from her early talky day in hollywood before go on to win an oscar for her fantastic performance in the farmer daughter . loretta play one of her usual role a lady helen dudley dearden a dutiful wife who stand by her husband and the debonair franchot tone a sir alan dearden who be on his way to the top of the legal profession in england about to be appoint the young attorney general ever . then appear a blackmailer hugh lewis play with his usual aura of chicanery by henry daniell . lady dearden must pay for some indiscreet old love letter write by sir alan to a lover before he meet mlady or the letter will be make public possibly destroy him professionally . lady dearden unwittingly find herself a mystery woman in one of her husband murder case . the plot thicken until sir alan himself become a suspect in the same case . all must be unravel with a few surprise along the way before the somewhat hasty end to a well make film . a with most movie base on play and there be too much verbiage from time to time but director sam wood be able to make thing move fast than many similar type vintage mystery from the same period .