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StephenAshe,afamouscriminallawyer,livesinSanFranciscoandisadoredbyhisfree-spiriteddaughterJan.<br/> Oneday,Stephen,afreethinkerwhodrinkstooheavilyandhateseveryoneinhisfamilyexceptforJan,isinvitedbyGrandmaAshetoafamilydinner.Afterextendingtheinvitation,thesnobbishGrandmaAshewarnsJannottoletStephendrinkthatevening.Asfeared,Stephendoesnotheedherrequest,andsheandtherestofthefamilyareshockedwhenhearriveswithAceWilfong,anunderworldcharacterwhomStephenisdefendinginamurdertrial.SoonafterStephenintroducesAcetohisfamily,heisappalledattheirlackofhospitality,andheleaveswithAce.Jan,alsoupsetwithherfamily'sreactiontoAce,followsthem,leavingherstolidfiancé,DwightWinthrop,behind.Whiledrivinghome,JantellsAcethatheisthefirsttrulyexcitingmanthatshehasmet.TheirdriveisinterruptedwhentheirwindshieldissprayedbybulletsfromtheHardymob,whowanttokillAce.AceandJanbeginaromancewhichresultsinAceaskingStephenforpermissiontomarryhisdaughter.StephendeniesAce'srequest,butJancontinuestoseehimregardless.WhenStephencomeshomedrunkfromacasinobustonenight,heandJanmakeapacttoridthemselvesoftheirvices.WhileStephenpromisestostopdrinking,JanswearsoffthetroublesomeAce.Fatheranddaughterthentakeavacationinthemountainstogetawayfromthetemptationsathome,butassoonastheyreturn,theyfallintotheirpasthabits.Jan'sromancewithAceturnsviolentwhenhescoldsherforleavinghim.Afterattackingher,Acedemandsthatshemarryhim.JanrefusesandreturnstoDwight,whohasbeenattendingGrandmaAsheonherdeathbed.WhenDwightwitnessesAcemanhandlingJan,hebecomesoutragedandshootshim.Dwightthencallsthepolicehimselfand,inordertoprotectJan,tellsthemthatheshotAceoveragamblingdebt.Athistrial,Dwight'sdefensefloundersuntilStephenarrivesandtakesover.Stephenimmediatelycallsthekillingaresultoftemporaryinsanity,andthendeclaresthatitisnotDwightwhoshouldbeontrial,buthehimself.StephenarguesthatwereitnotforhisallowingJantoseeAcetobeginwith,thewholetragicaffaircouldhavebeenprevented.AftercallingJantothewitnessstand,Stephenbecomessoimpassionedthathecollapses,suffersaheartattackanddiesinhisdaughter'sarms.<br/> ThejurysubsequentlyfindsDwightinnocent,andheandJanleaveforNewYork,wheretheyplantobeginlifeanew.
