Entertainment & Sports
Apr. 19, 2022
Stream It Tonight! The Talk of the Town (1942)
Law is more than words on a page; its spirit must be engraved on our hearts. Many decades later, this speech still rings true.
Paul Bergman
Professor Emeritus
UCLA School of Law
Email: bergman@law.ucla.edu
Paul continues teaching evidence.
Michael Asimow
Professor
UCLA School of Law
Email: asimow@law.ucla.edu
Michael is Dean's Executive professor of law at Santa Clara Law School, teaching contracts as well as law and popular culture.
Why Watch? An unlikely U.S. Supreme Court nominee saves an innocent man with a rousing speech that halts a mob and tells World War II audiences that American justice is worth fighting for.
Corrupt politicians try to silence Leopold Dilg (Cary Grant) by framing him on a phony murder charge. Dilg escapes and gathers information proving his innocence while hiding out in a remote cabin owned by his long-time friend Nora (Jean Arthur). Dilg has...
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