Soldiers and Women

Soldiers and Women
Directed byEdward Sloman
Written byDorothy Howell
Based onplay, Soldiers and Women, by Paul Hervey Fox and George Tilton[1]
Produced byHarry Cohn
StarringAileen Pringle
Grant Withers
Walter McGrail
CinematographyTed Tetzlaff
Edited byLeonard Wheeler
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • April 30, 1930 (1930-04-30)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Soldiers and Women is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery crime film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Aileen Pringle, Grant Withers and Walter McGrail. Produced by Columbia Pictures, it is based on a 1929 stage play by Paul Hervey Fox and George Tilton.[2] A print is preserved by the Library of Congress.[3]

Plot

As described in a film review,[4] Captain Clive Branch of the United States Marine Corps is stationed with the garrison in Haiti, where he is conducting affairs with the wives of two fellow officers. When one of the husbands, after threatening to expose Branch, is mysteriously murdered in the dark, he comes under suspicion of the killing. However, the audience is led to believe that one of the wives is the murderer and the wrong man will pay the penalty. General Mitchell arrives to investigate, and blunders his way from one clue to another, each suggesting a motive indicating one person and then another. Finally, the clues show that the general's own daughter was the jealous person who fired the shot to save exposure from her own love affair. The kindly but sometimes dumb general, holds steadfast to justice and redeams his character.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Soldiers and Women as produced on Broadway at the Ritz Theatre, Sept.-Oct. 1929
  2. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Soldiers and Women
  3. ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p.170 c.1978 by The United Artists
  4. ↑ "Film Reviews: Soldiers and Women". Variety. Vol. 99, no. 5. New York City: Variety, Inc. May 14, 1930. p. 43. Retrieved July 3, 2026.
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