JohnFord'sremakeofhis1934WillRogersvehicle,JudgePriest,combinesthreeIrvinS.CobbstoriesaboutthekindlyKentuckymagistrateWilliamPriest(CharlesWinninger).Setin1905Kentucky,itfocusesonthejudge'sbattleforreelectionagainstYankeeprosecutorHoraceK.Maydew(MilburnStone).Despitethejudge'spopularity,it'spossiblethathisgenerosityandsenseofjusticemaycosthimtheelection.FirsthetriestopersuadetheeminentGeneralFairfield(JamesKirkwood)toadmitthathe'skintoLucyLee(ArleenWhelan),whosequestionablebackgroundmakesherasubjectforridicule.Nexthefacesdownanangrylynchmobaccusingablackmanofaheinouscrime-thefrustratedvigilantes,dispersedbythegun-wieldingjudge,vowvengeanceatthepolls.
JohnFord'sremakeofhis1934WillRogersvehicle,JudgePriest,combinesthreeIrvinS.CobbstoriesaboutthekindlyKentuckymagistrateWilliamPriest(CharlesWinninger).Setin1905Kentucky,itfocusesonthejudge'sbattleforreelectionagainstYankeeprosecutorHoraceK.Maydew(MilburnStone).Despitethejudge'spopularity,it'spossiblethathisgenerosityandsenseofjusticemaycosthimtheelection.FirsthetriestopersuadetheeminentGeneralFairfield(JamesKirkwood)toadmitthathe'skintoLucyLee(ArleenWhelan),whosequestionablebackgroundmakesherasubjectforridicule.Nexthefacesdownanangrylynchmobaccusingablackmanofaheinouscrime-thefrustratedvigilantes,dispersedbythegun-wieldingjudge,vowvengeanceatthepolls.