The People Against O’Hara

Spencer Tracy plays a DA whose drink problem and unethical court behaviour leads him to lose a vital case. He vows to make amends., Spencer Tracy plays a DA whose drink problem and unethical court behaviour leads him to lose a vital case. He vows to make amends. Pat O’Brien co-stars., A former criminal attorney now in civil practice takes a murder case when a family friend is accused of a homicide, and the suspect, despite having a solid alibi, won’t reveal his whereabouts the night of the crime because of noble, altruistic reasons., Retired attorney Spencer Tracy, now a self-destructive alcoholic, agrees to defend young John O’Hara on a murder charge. Due to his inebriation, carelessness, and unethical court behavior, Tracy loses the case. When the attorney determines that the boy was in fact innocent, he launches his own investigation.