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Counsel for Crime (1937)

NR ★ 5.8/10 61 min Romance, Crime, Drama United States English
Director: John Brahm
Streaming: Not available
One Word from Him... And Five Lives Are Doomed!

Description

Otto Kruger once again plays a dynamic, bombastic attorney in Columbia's Counsel for Crime. Kruger plays William Mellon, a shifty shyster whose underhanded methods loses him the love of his sweetheart Anne (Nana Bryant), who subsequently marries a powerful senator (Thurston Hall). What Mellon doesn't know is that Anne has borne him a son, whom the senator has adopted. Reaching adulthood, Paul (Douglass Montgomery) opts for a legal career himself, taking a clerical job with his own father's firm. In typical "B"-picture, Mellon is charged with murdering one of his more odious clients -- and Paul is appointed prosecuting attorney in the case.

Top Cast

Otto Kruger
Otto Kruger William Mellon
Douglass Montgomery
Douglass Montgomery Paul Maddox
Julie Bishop
Julie Bishop Ann McIntyre (as Jacqueline Wells)
Thurston Hall
Thurston Hall Sen. Maddox
Nana Bryant
Nana Bryant Mrs. Maddox
Gene Morgan
Gene Morgan Friday
Marc Lawrence
Marc Lawrence Edwin Mitchell
Robert Warwick
Robert Warwick Asa Stewart

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