with a cast like this and how can you go wrong . and the film be a delight from begin to end . although all the player be great and special kudos to william powell and whose uncompromising moral cause him to lose almost everything he have . his be a gut wrenching performance and and the scene in which he address the assembly with tear in his eye to tell of his own weakness wow . it rare to see powell in a role with so much complexity and it be a marvelous performance .