The Woman Under Oath

Mystery, Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director John M. Stahl

Status Released

Release Date 1919-06-29

Storyline

After a forward introduces the question of whether women are temperamentally suited for jury duty, Jim O'Neil, a young shipping clerk, is found holding a revolver over his dead employer, Edward Knox. The celebrated novelist Grace Norton, selected to be on the jury at Jim's trial, becomes the first woman juror in New York.