The simple plot-line about a happily-married, middle-aged husband and wife, whose marriage was strained while serving as trial attorneys on opposite sides of the same headline-making, attempted murder, marital case (he as the prosecutor, she as the defender), served as the backdrop for the daring exposition of feminist principles, a display of archetypal male vs." Although silenced by his military superior for being a disloyal "traitor," young Lawrence is sympathetic with Feisal""s views and will not remain quiet." Ruefully, Sullivan admits his first-hand ignorance about trouble, poverty, and misery, and the studio representatives believe they have persuaded him to reconsider and not film his next project:O Brother, Where Art Thou?- a message film that would surely fail at the box office.His elder sister Ruby (Anabel Shaw) who raised him describes her maternal care toward her orphaned brother:Ruby: I""m not only his big sister, but mother and father too.