The Man Called Back (1932)
79 min | Drama | 17 July 1932 (USA)
Disgraced London doctor David Yorke is drinking himself into oblivion in a South Seas bar when he is called to the bedside of socialite Diana St. Claire, who has been badly injured in a riding mishap. Smitten by Diana's beauty and kindness, David swears off the bottle as he nurses her back to health. He returns to London, where he rises to prominence once again. Here he crosses paths with his beloved Diana, and is shocked to find her married to wealthy Gordon St. Claire, a notorious womanizer. Gordon humiliates his wife on a daily basis, even forcing her to entertain his lovers at their home. When he is poisoned, Diana is arrested and charged with murder. As scandalous headlines fill the newspapers, David works desperately to try to prove the innocence of the woman he loves.
Director: Robert Florey
Writers: Robert Presnell Sr. (screenplay) (as Robert Presnell) , Andrew Soutar (book)
Stars: Conrad Nagel, Doris Kenyon, John Halliday
