The Pardon
Based on the true story of Toni Jo Henry, the film tells about a woman who tried for the crime of murder in 1942 in the state of Louisiana. She is Toni Jo, a product of childhood abuse and neglect. Due to her beauty, she becomes famous and pays attention of two murder.
2 December 1959
9 September 1980, Covington, Louisiana, USA
9 May 1975, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
8 December 1978, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
24 September 1958, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
23 November 1977, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
14 March 1966, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
7 March 1975, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
21 June 1964, Binghamton, New York, USA
18 November 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA
18 January 1948, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
25 June 1971, Newport Beach, California, USA
August 14, 2015
Jaime King lights up the screen as an empathetic femme fatale in a compelling costume drama painstakingly-recreating events surrounding a real-life murder trial unfolding in Louisiana back in 1940.
March 22, 2013
Part period drama, part courtroom drama and part sermon, it's a film that never gives itself much of a chance to hit its narrative stride.
August 06, 2015
A plodding feature that makes ample use of the legal record as well as evocative Shreveport locations while leaving the well of affecting drama untapped.
