6.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
On Trial (1928)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.0
Overview
A man is put on trial for the murder of his best friend. A young attorney wants to become successful and decides to defend him. However, he is very inexperienced.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Gender Swap: Yes
Christianity: Positive
Overview
A man is put on trial for the murder of his best friend. A young attorney wants to become successful and decides to defend him. However, he is very inexperienced.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film is a courtroom drama centered on the pursuit of truth and justice within the legal system. It maintains a neutral stance by championing the ideal functioning of the legal process to ensure individual accountability, rather than promoting a specific political ideology.
The movie features primarily traditional casting, consistent with films of its production era. Its narrative does not present critical portrayals of traditional identities or incorporate explicit DEI themes, aligning with typical cinematic conventions of that period.
Secondary
The film adapts the 1914 play 'On Trial,' where the character Geraldine Strickland, the daughter of the protagonists, was female. In the 1928 film, this character is portrayed as Gerald Strickland, a male, constituting a gender swap.
The film implicitly affirms virtues such as truth, justice, and self-sacrifice, which are foundational to the Christian-influenced moral framework of the legal system and society depicted. The narrative aligns with these values without critiquing the underlying faith.
The film 'On Trial' does not depict any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on a courtroom drama centered around a murder trial, without incorporating elements related to queer identity or experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1928 film "On Trial" is an adaptation of a 1914 play. There is no evidence that any character canonically, historically, or widely established as one race in the source material was portrayed as a different race in this film adaptation.
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