Van is a WW II veteran who gets law school paid by the government after he is discharged. He becomes the valedictorian of his graduating class. He feels guilty because his war buddy didn't make it and was a casualty.
Van had an m.o. of being literally almost drowned in booze during his war years, so later on in civilian life he cannot drink any alcohol at all without getting intoxicated.
He gets hired before graduation by a prestigious law firm, some of whose members are somewhat crooked as well as racist. An Asian-American physician gets barred from housing for which he signed a lease, and Van tries to intervene in idealistic defense. Postwar America was still racist, so the old coots in the law firm want to make sure whites-only still reigns supreme.
A well-meaning city attorney says that the physician has rights just like anyone else.
Elizabeth Taylor is the daughter of the chief attorney of the law firm. She tries to psychoanalyze Van because of his unusual reactions to anything alcoholic.
Van gets tipsy and even hears the dog talking. This may be an early Mr. Ed.
Another old coot lawyer even puts booze in Van's food, to humiliate Van, and to make up for Van's trying to get the Asian physician to move into the apartment anyway. Van sees that he himself is trying to be made a fool of.
Van tells off all the lawyers at the banquet, because they are so dishonest. He is very ticked off because of the way they treated the physician incident. He doesn't want to work for them anymore.
Elizabeth is very lovely here. Her hair is perfect, and her clothes and shoes are just divine.
She and Van are apparently falling in love.
Good to see Leon Ames and Rosemary De Camp.
The doggy was just darling.
Ten out of ten.
Van had an m.o. of being literally almost drowned in booze during his war years, so later on in civilian life he cannot drink any alcohol at all without getting intoxicated.
He gets hired before graduation by a prestigious law firm, some of whose members are somewhat crooked as well as racist. An Asian-American physician gets barred from housing for which he signed a lease, and Van tries to intervene in idealistic defense. Postwar America was still racist, so the old coots in the law firm want to make sure whites-only still reigns supreme.
A well-meaning city attorney says that the physician has rights just like anyone else.
Elizabeth Taylor is the daughter of the chief attorney of the law firm. She tries to psychoanalyze Van because of his unusual reactions to anything alcoholic.
Van gets tipsy and even hears the dog talking. This may be an early Mr. Ed.
Another old coot lawyer even puts booze in Van's food, to humiliate Van, and to make up for Van's trying to get the Asian physician to move into the apartment anyway. Van sees that he himself is trying to be made a fool of.
Van tells off all the lawyers at the banquet, because they are so dishonest. He is very ticked off because of the way they treated the physician incident. He doesn't want to work for them anymore.
Elizabeth is very lovely here. Her hair is perfect, and her clothes and shoes are just divine.
She and Van are apparently falling in love.
Good to see Leon Ames and Rosemary De Camp.
The doggy was just darling.
Ten out of ten.