![]() She hits the skids, and 20 years later, the child defends her on a murder charge. There's an occasional change here and there but the plot remains basically the same: A young woman is thrown out of her home and separated from her child. The old chestnut "Madame X" has had something like 9 screen versions, not to mention a play and the book. Reviewed by blanche-2 7 / 10 old melodrama gets gloss treatment at the hands of Ross Hunter Hoping to continue to protect her son, she refuses to give her real name and is known to the court as the defendant, "Madame X." Amazingly, she is represented at her murder trial by her now adult son, who is a public defender. She wanders the world, trying to forget her heartbreak with the aid of alcohol and unsavory men, eventually returning to the city of her downfall, where she murders a blackmailer who threatens to expose her past. A woman married to a wealthy socialite, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who had been romantically pursuing her, and is forced by her mother-in-law to assume a new identity to save the reputation of her husband and infant son.
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